Crime & Safety

POLL: Does the Pellet Gun Incident Make You Feel Less Safe?

A pair of local teenagers allegedly shot a pellet gun into groups of people in downtown last Thursday night. Does this make you feel any less safe in downtown Andover?

Two teenagers are being charged with multiple accounts of assault with a dangerous weapon after on Thursday around 9 p.m. Andover Police and the District Attorney are still investigating the incident and both teenagers are on house arrest, complete with monitoring bracelets.

Readers provided feedback after the article was published and some said that this incident made them not want to walk around downtown, while others said it has no bearing on their visits to downtown.

Does this incident make you feel any less safe in downtown Andover? Please share your opinions in more detail in the comments section below.

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