NORTH BATTLEFORD — The owner of a house at 1031 - 110th St. North Battleford is looking for answers after his house has been damaged by gunfire since his son was charged and sentenced to life in prison for murder.
Richard Buck says his house has been shot at by BB guns at least 30 times over the past year.
According to Buck, damage has been sustained to two windows, the front door and the bedroom window. Buck also reports damage to the siding of the building, which has to be replaced.
Buck says that it is only his house in the neighbourhood that has been affected, leading him to think that he is being targeted.
He thinks the perpetrator(s) might be targeting the house because his son, Nicolas Buck, used to live there.
Nicolas has been in the news because he was sentenced to life in prison for second-degree murder in the 2019 stabbing death of Mark Jonson.
Richard made clear he doesn’t condone his son’s actions, but is wondering if there might be retaliation going on. He says the shooting of the property started happening only since that incident.
“Ever since that happened, they’ve been walking by or driving by … I don’t even know,” he said, shooting with “BB guns.”
“Coincidence — there are no such things.”
He is hoping the public is made aware and that whoever is responsible will stop shooting at the residence. Buck said the incident has been reported to police and they have an open case file. But actually catching people in the act is difficult, he said, because of incidents happening when it is late at night or dark.
“There’s nothing they could do,” said Buck of the police. He hopes to catch the perpetrators by placing security cameras on the property.
Battlefords RCMP have confirmed they received a call from the owner of this address in December of 2021 to report his residence was shot with BBs, but had not reported any further incidents. Beyond that, they would not comment further.
