About 100 car windows smashed in one night in Vancouver, police say

Vancouver police say they're investigating after about 100 cars had their windows smashed across the city on Thursday.

Police say most of the cars were targeted in the Marpole area, near the intersection of Granville Streetand 64th Avenue. A number of cars were also targeted near Fir Streetand 11th Avenue, according to a Friday statement.

Sgt. Steve Addison with the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) said in his statement that someone "appears to have indiscriminately targeted them by using an object to smash windows."

"It appears whoever did this was simply trying to cause damage," he said. "We expect the number of cases to rise as people who have not used their cars for a day or two come outside and discover damage.

"We'd like anyone who has not made a police report to contact us as soon as possible."

WATCH | Surveillance video appears to show car vandalism in Marpole:

Surveillance video appears to show person smashing car windows in Vancouver

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Police say they're investigating as more than 80 cars, most of them in the Marpole neighbourhood, were damaged on Thursday.

Surveillance footage of the areaobtained by CBC Newsappearsto show a person walking up to cars parked on the street Thursday morningand smashing their windows in turn.

John, a Marpole resident, said Thursday that his day was ruined by the window smashings, with all three of his family's cars damaged.

CBC News is not using John's last name to protect his safety.

"I'm an Uber driver... I couldn't go to work today," John said Thursday.

"It was so frustrating.[I was] so angry when I woke up and saw someone had broken my windows. And when I saw the video for nothing, he smashed it for nothing."

Addison said no arrests have been made in the case, and police would be interviewing witnesses and getting video footage from the area to further their investigation.

ICBC says it has has received 18 claims as a result of the spree and it's too soon to estimate the cost of the damage.

An insurance corporation spokesperson said the claims are considered vandalismcovered underoptional comprehensive coverage.