Gunshot fired at KPFT

A bullet was fired through a window at KPFT world headquarters in Montrose around 1 a.m. this morning, narrowly missing a woman's head. Fortunately, no one was actually injured in the incident. Pictures of the window were posted on the KPFT blog within hours.

In the same blog post, station manager Duane Bradley indicated what seems to be the consensus, that he believes the station was expressly targeted by the unidentified shooter:

Security considerations will be the topic of an open staff meeting at noon tomorrow, Tuesday, August 14. In this climate of seemingly escalating violence, it is important for all KPFT staff and volunteers to remain vigilant and aware of the fact that KPFT has been a lightning rod numerous times during the past 37-plus years. Please know that we are taking this matter extremely seriously.

As the post notes and as the Chron reported, the station has been the target of similar attacks before. KPFT is known for its liberal slant and "alternative" programming, which sometimes touches on controversial topics. However, at the time of the shooting, a Zydeco program was playing, and none of these hot-button issues had been discussed in the past several hours. We can't imagine anyone getting too fired up about that, but we do think this is a major clue: the station had just finished a week-long pledge drive. If anything could ever drive us to insanity, that'd be it.