‘I’m just so scared’: Calgary couple fearful after home is attacked repeatedly over 6 days

After strangers targeted an inner-city home four times in six days by throwing rocks through the windows and spray-painting offensive graffiti, a Calgary couple is living in fear.

Chris Boucher, who recently outlined the terrifying ordeal he and his wife Carli are dealing with on social media, says he doesn’t know why they are being targeted or what will happen next.

Boucher has lived in his home for 20 years, and although some concerned friends have suggested he move, he is hoping police catch the culprits behind the series of disturbing attacks.

“I don’t know why I’m being targeted. We are good people. We’ve been here for a long time,” he tells 660 NewsRadio. “I’m not hiding anything. And I’m at a loss as to why someone would be targeting me in this way.”

The first incident happened on Jan. 29, when someone spray-painted the house with offensive graffiti, along with a package being stolen from their front step.

Then, a rock came flying through one of the windows just before 6 a.m the next morning.

After filing a police report, the house was hit again two days later at around 1 a.m.

“That rock would have hit me in the head,” Boucher said. “There’s a mark I’m looking at right now on the head of my computer desk chair that I sit in like 10 to 12 hours a day with a rock hit.

“I’m not sure if the police are treating that, I mean, they’re treating it as vandalism, right? Because like, I don’t even … I’m just so scared. I’m f–ing scared.”

He says neighbours have been supportive after learning about the disturbing incidents, and friends have taken shifts driving around his house to watch for any suspicious activity.

One of those nights, Boucher said they intercepted after seeing two people, one armed with a knife and the other with a 2×4, approaching the house.

“Police were engaged in that as well as they were with the first incident. I didn’t sleep the rest of that night,” he said.

Boucher installed several security measures and is considering hiring a security company to do patrols just to feel safe — in his own home.

He has also been contacting politicians along with the police as it escalated.

But he says trying to advocate for himself in this situation has been tiring.

“I’m so burnt out from trying to raise support about this,” he said. “I love the support, and it’s what I want — but it’s tiring.

“This is all just making me so exhausted. I don’t know how to relax right now.”

Boucher says officers have increased patrols around his home and are conducting proactive checks in his area while on duty.

He was also told investigators have to follow up directly with the officers assigned to each file and discuss whether there are any links between the incidents.

However, he explains he may be exploring legal avenues to ensure he is listened to because he is “feeling really ignored.”

“I just want to know what’s going on. I know that’s not their job to tell them what’s going on, but it’s just, I feel so unsupported, even though now whenever the light comes on, I see an officer sitting outside for half an hour, sometimes doing paperwork, and I appreciate that,” Boucher said.

“It’s just, I just don’t know what to do, and I’m just scared if I get hit again. Again, the police don’t stop crime; they just respond to it. I just, I don’t know what that means for my safety.”

Calgary police Staff Sgt. John Guigon tells 660 NewsRadio the incidents are under investigation.

In the meantime, anyone with information about these incidents can call Calgary police at 403-266-1234 or leave a tip anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.