Glass Shatters After Pellet Gun Fired At Denny’s

Dinner Monday night inside a Denny’s restaurant ended abruptly with the sound of shattering glass.

Dayton police said someone shot out a window at the Denny’s on South Main Street across from the Montgomery County Fairgrounds.

The incident happened around 8 p.m. and at first, customers and workers thought a rock may have been thrown at the window, but police quickly determined a pellet gun was used.

Denny’s closed Monday night for customer safety. Witnesses told police that the shot came from a pellet gun, fired from a passing, older-model maroon-colored Jeep Cherokee driven by two white males.

Investigators said that because the shot came from a pellet gun, the incident is a case of vandalism and is not considered a felony crime.