Pattern: Bridges/Overpasses/Underpasses (objects thrown at vehicles/drivers)
Victims: drivers of any sort of vehicle on the roadways
Perpetrators: juveniles, sometimes gang members
Locations: on roads with overhanging roadways
Times: may happen any time - more likely in darkness when perpetrators cannot be identified
Entry/Approach Methods: unsuspecting drivers are targeted from above
Weapons: rocks, bricks, other objects
Vehicles/Transportation Routes: some locations are repeat - may be a problem location to study - limit access
Method: often multiple suspects - throw object on vehicles below, breaking windshields, potential to cause fatal accidents, sometimes injuring driver or passengers, causing accidents
Motive: thrill seeking, initiation
Query terms: throw, overpass, underpass, rock, brick, bridge, windshield
Suggestions; track this crime - sometimes there are serial offenders or hot spots, may be hard to track - query your data and build upon the history in your jurisdiction, map these crimes
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