Several residents of Fort Scott called the Fort Scott Police Department last night, March 5, to report the sound of gunshots.

“At 9 p.m., calls started coming in,” said Jason Eastwood with the Fort Scott Police Department. “Several people heard the sounds of windows and doors rattling and a racket that sounded like gunshots, around the same time.”

“We followed up by looking around town. There was no particular place it came from. Numerous reports from the east and west sides of town.”

The entire shift of police officers was driving around town, and  Eastwood believes the Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office was assisting, as well.

“The majority of calls were from the 12th Street to 18th Street blocks of our town,” he said.

There was no evidence of guns or fireworks in searching for the cause of the sounds, he said.

If anyone has any information, contact the Fort Scott Police Department. at 620.223.1700.