( CNN ) -- A gunshot struck the home of CNN anchor Lou Dobbs this month , and police in New Jersey are trying to determine whether the bullet was fired intentionally or was a stray . State Police Sgt . Steve Jones said Thursday that his department received a call from Dobbs ' wife , who heard a shot and said a bullet hit her house . Jones said she had been outside her house with `` an employee who worked with Dobbs '' at 10:25 a.m. October 5 . There were no injuries in the incident , which occurred in a small community in northern New Jersey . Jones said a bullet struck the section of the house where the attic is but did n't penetrate the dwelling . He said the bullet fell to the ground and was recovered . Dobbs ' wife saw damage to the siding , Jones said . `` The bullet was taken by our detectives and turned over to our ballistics unit for further analysis , '' Jones said . `` At this point , all I can say is that it appears to be a long gun , not a handgun or shotgun . '' Dobbs has declined comment because the police investigation is ongoing , his representative said . Dobbs , who has been a vocal critic of illegal immigration , is the anchor and managing editor of CNN 's `` Lou Dobbs Tonight . '' He mentioned the incident on his radio show Monday , saying it comes amid an `` atmosphere '' of hostility from groups toward his stance on illegal immigration . On the radio show , aired by United Stations Radio Networks , Dobbs said that `` a shot was fired at my house where I live '' and that it followed `` weeks and weeks of threatening phone calls . '' He said the hostility has `` become part of a way of life , the anger , the hate , the vitriol , but it 's taken a different tone where they threaten my wife . '' `` They 've now fired a shot at my house while my wife was standing next to the car . It 's become something else , and if anybody thinks that we 're not engaged in a battle for the soul of this country right now , you 're sorely mistaken . '' Police are n't saying for now that the shot was fired at the house but only , as Jones said , that it struck the house . A stray shot from a long gun would not be a `` totally uncommon occurrence because of the hunters and target shooters '' in the region , Jones said . Jones could n't give his opinion on what kind of shooting this might be , and he said the incident is being investigated `` further past a stray hunter 's bullet '' because of Dobbs ' `` public persona . '' Police have conducted interviews and patrolled the area , Jones said . When asked whether police would refer the case to federal authorities if it turned out to be an attack , Jones said , `` state police work regularly with other officers at local , county and federal levels and draw on any of resources when appropriate . '' `` The case remains open , '' he said . `` We want to take any incident like this seriously . ''
New York police questioned whether bullet was intentionally fired or a shotgun . CNN anchor 's wife was outside house during October 5 incident . Bullet appears to be from ` ` long gun , not a rifle or shotgun , '' CNN official says .