My mom's car got shot by a BB gun as she was leaving her work (at an elementary school) so she called 911 and two deputies arrived. She noticed two juvenile boys directly across the street looking nervous. The deputies talked to them and I learned that this has been an ongoing problem, so far 2 kids have been shot by a BB gun there (one in the lip, the other lodged in the leg) and countless windows have been shot out, even recently (at least 4+). The deputies were talking to the kids while I was across the street and they even told the deputies that they had shot at the stop sign right where my mom got hit when the deputies found BBs laying by it. The deputies eventually found the BB that hit my mom's car against the curb of their house, it was a completely straight-shot projectory. One of the deputies walked over and told my mom and I that he had no doubt that it was them and has taken reports of these kids before. Their dad came and refused to cooperate with the sheriff's deputies, swearing up and down that his little angelic children wouldn't do a thing like this, even though:
1) His kids told the deputies they had a BB gun (they changed their story several times)
2) They admitted to shooting at the stop sign
3) They had a slit in their screen to poke a barrel through
4) They've had the police called on them for this 3+ other times.
The deputies explained that because there were no witnesses to say that one of them exactly did it, by law they couldn't do anything, especially because the father was refusing a search of the house. Can my mom do anything other than file a report and give the contact info of all the other victims? (She did this). Even though I can understand there is no cause for arrest, it angers me that these kids are shooting at elementary school students with a BB gun for kicks.
Sorry to be so long-winded!
1) His kids told the deputies they had a BB gun (they changed their story several times)
2) They admitted to shooting at the stop sign
3) They had a slit in their screen to poke a barrel through
4) They've had the police called on them for this 3+ other times.
The deputies explained that because there were no witnesses to say that one of them exactly did it, by law they couldn't do anything, especially because the father was refusing a search of the house. Can my mom do anything other than file a report and give the contact info of all the other victims? (She did this). Even though I can understand there is no cause for arrest, it angers me that these kids are shooting at elementary school students with a BB gun for kicks.
Sorry to be so long-winded!
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