Police are investigating a drive-by shooting incident that happened early Thursday in a neighborhood in southeast Newton.

Officers were sent to a location on SE Fourth Court, near SE 4th and Kansas, after a report of shots fired around 3:45 a.m.   They found a number of shell casings in the street and a home had been hit a number of times by gunfire.   No one was hurt.

Police also found that a vehicle at a house next door was also hit by gunfire.  It’s believed a disturbance took place at the home that led to the shooting.  Officers got a search warrant for the house and two vehicles, and they recovered evidence related to the shooting.    At this time, the suspects are unknown.