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Resident says bullets entered barn; city staff say range now limited to police use
Summary
A Napoleon resident told council that bullets from the local shooting range entered his barn two years ago; staff said the range was closed then altered and is now used by police and deputies only. Council took no formal action.
Steve Nies, a Napoleon resident, told the Napoleon City Council during the citizen‑communication portion that bullets from the city shooting range pierced his barn and narrowly missed family members during an incident on April 29, 2023.
Nies said he has provided the council copies of Department of Energy range design guidance and argued the city range does not meet several safety standards in that document. “A 9 millimeter bullet goes over a mile,” Nies told the council. He said State Route 24, houses and an elementary school lie within what he described as the range’s surface‑danger zone and that…
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