Thomas Foley of Butler, with bullet hole shown in the side of the front porch of his home on Virginia Avenue.

A pair of neighbors in the 300 block of Virginia Avenue in Butler admit they remain on edge in wake of an early Sunday morning shooting that left bullet holes at their homes.

“It scared me and my grandkids,” Monty Hulings said Monday.

Just a couple houses away from Hulings, Thomas Foley acknowledged having similar feelings.

“It scares me,” he said. “I'm almost a little leery sitting here on my front porch.”

One bullet appeared to have hit and passed through the side of Foley's front porch. At least two bullets struck the front porch at Hulings' house, one hitting a post and the other a wooden railing.

No one was injured in the shooting that happened just before 1 a.m. Sunday. One other house on the same side of the street as Foley's and Hulings' also may have been hit by the gunfire.

Butler police are investigating but telephone calls to police Tuesday were not returned.

Hulings was possibly the first one to call the county's 911 center to report hearing gunshots outside his house.

He and Foley were both awake in their living rooms watching television.

“I heard four shots, one right after the other,” Hulings said. “I called the cops right then and there. I told them to hurry up and get here.”

Foley remembered hearing what he thought were two shots.

“It sounded like someone was hitting the house with a hammer,” he said. “I could feel the house vibrating some, so I knew something hit the house.”

A friend of his was upstairs, and thought he heard five shots.

Foley was too afraid to go outside for a closer inspection. Instead, he peered through the window but saw nothing.

The 911 dispatcher advised Hulings to stay inside for his own safety.

Neighbors said police eventually collected multiple casings and slugs as part of their investigation that night.

Homeowners like Foley and renters like Hulings all said there have been no recent problems or suspicious activity in the neighborhood that could explain what happened.

Foley said he was relieved that no one was hurt. But it was a close call. He noted the bullet that struck the side of his porch narrowly missed entering his house.

“It could have passed through the living room,” he said, “right where I was sitting.”

Two days later, Hulings was still trying to make sense of it all.

“I just want this nonsense stopped,” he said.