ALAMO RANCH, FL – Four juveniles who decided to go joyriding in a car owned by one of their parents were charged and the vehicle was impounded after they started shooting pedestrians and others with gel blaster guns from their moving vehicle.
According to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office, on July 24 at around 7:10 pm, the department received reports of a shooting in the 1000 block of Paint Daisy located in the Alamo Ranch area. The first incident involved an adult male victim that reported he had been shot with a high capacity, high velocity, water bead blaster by a vehicle that was shooting at innocent bystanders causing injury.
“Shortly after, BCSO made contact with a second complainant who reported that while outside playing with his juvenile son, he was struck with a “Splat R Ball” water bead blaster gun, by a passing vehicle causing injury,” the BCSO said in a statement. “A deputy who heard the incident over the radio spotted the suspect vehicle that was alleged to have been involved in the shooting. Upon Deputies stopping the vehicle they observed the suspects window down, shooting the Splat R Ball gun toward other people.”
Deputies stopped the vehicle and detained four juveniles who were found to be in possession of two Splat R Ball guns that were used to assault the victims. Additionally, it was learned that the suspects were driving their parents car, which was ultimately seized pending the outcome of this investigation.
The juveniles’ ages were 15, 14, 14, and 11.