CHELMSFORD, MASS. (WHDH) - An ATM outside a Chelmsford ice cream stand was found covered in bullet holes Friday morning, according to the Chelmsford Police Department.
At around 7:19 a.m., officers responded to Sully’s Ice Cream Stand, at 55 Graniteville Road, for a report of bullet holes in an ATM machine, as well as shell casings in the parking lot, police said.
Police found eight spent shell casings in the parking lot and determined that the ATM was struck nine times by gunshots, police said. The ATM’s money compartment was not damaged.
“I got a text from my neighbor saying that the police were over in my parking lot, and that the ATM had been shot up last night,” said Ricky Sullivan, the ice cream stand’s owner. “The keypad was messed up, so we just took it out and put a new one in.”
A nearby resident reported hearing “loud bangs” in the area at around 1 a.m. Friday, and police are investigating whether the shots may have been fired at that time.
“1:30 in the morning, both my wife and I were asleep, we heard — something woke me up, and I immediately thought it was gunshots,” said one neighbor, who wanted to remain anonymous.
Sullivan said surveillance video recorded the shooting around that time.
“He walked across the parking lot, he went like this [covering his face] when he was in range of the camera, and he came up and just shot the ATM,” Sullivan said.
After firing at the ATM at close range, Sullivan said the shooter just walked away.
“Dumbfounded, you know? What’s going on?” Sullivan said.
Police ask anyone with information to call Chelmsford Police at 987-256-2521.
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