BB gun attack brings arrest

BB gun attack brings arrest
The Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated: 08/16/2008 01:53:00 AM MDT

Salt Lake City police arrested a 60-year-old man after he allegedly shot a BB gun into a group of six people, including two children, on Wednesday evening, injuring one man. According to an affidavit filed with the Salt Lake County jail, the man, described by witnesses as "very intoxicated," walked out of his apartment and fired a BB rifle into the crowd.
The shot caused only a welt and soreness on one man's arm, but it endangered an 11-year-old and a 2-year-old who were with the group. The man denied firing shots, but police found a BB rifle in his house.
The man was booked into jail and could face charges ranging from aggravated assault to reckless endangerment and public intoxication.