This vehicle is suspected of being involved in recent alleged BB gun shootings, according to the Hopkinton Police Department.

The Hopkinton Police Department’s deputy chief confirmed that the department is investigating incidents over the past few weeks where the occupants of a vehicle allegedly shot at homes in the same neighborhood with a BB gun.

In a Feb. 5 email to the Independent, Deputy Chief Scott van Raalten stated that the homes incurred damage to siding and, in one case, a window.

“We have home security video and possible suspects but no arrests have been made,” he stated.

Van Raalten shared a photo of the vehicle suspected of being used in the shootings that was obtained from a Nest home security system. It captured what appears to be a white pickup truck at night.

No further information was released, as this is an ongoing investigation.

The most recent incident involving the alleged use of a BB gun in a shooting occurred on Feb. 1 at a home on Deneen Road, according to the police log. The caller believed that “a vehicle’s operator and occupants threw a bunch of rocks at her house.” Officers responding to the call noted that a BB gun apparently had been used. The report stated that officers were “following up at an address nearby where the same thing happened.”

On Jan. 9, the police log indicated that a caller who lives on nearby Oakhurst Road was vandalized overnight. The report indicated that the window was “possibly shot out by a BB or pellet gun.”

Last July, a police log entry indicated that a Spring Street resident reported “a BB hole in her garage window.” The caller wanted to document the incident with HPD.

According to Massachusetts law, “No person shall discharge a BB shot, pellet or other object from an air rifle or so-called BB gun into, from or across any street, alley, public way or railroad or railway right of way, and no minor under the age of 18 shall discharge a BB shot, pellet or other object from an air rifle or BB gun unless he is accompanied by an adult or is the holder of a sporting or hunting license.” Whoever violates this law is fined up to $100, and the weapon is confiscated.

Other communities have experienced BB gun shootings over the past several years, according to news reports. They include Springfield in 2022, North Attleborough and Norton in 2021 and Natick in 2018, causing thousands of dollars in property damage.