Paintball Pranksters Get Gunfire (Pittsburgh)

WPVI.com ^ | 8/13/2003 | AP

[lelio]

Paintball Pranksters Get Gunfire

PITTSBURGH-August 13, 2003 —

Two teens who drove around Pittsburgh shooting passers-by with paintball guns were shot with real bullets for apparently targeting the wrong group, police said.

Tracey Smedley, 19, was treated at UPMC Presbyterian hospital's emergency room and released Tuesday, said spokeswoman Jocelyn Uhl. She could not provide a condition for an unidentified 17-year-old.

Smedley, the 17-year-old and an 18-year-old man drove around a city neighborhood armed with paintball guns and wearing helmets and paintball vests, Pittsburgh police Lt. Philip Dacey said.

During their drive, the teens pelted children at a playground and shot at another group down the street, Dacey said.

When the teens turned around to tell the group on the street they were only shooting paintballs, someone returned fire with a gun, peppering the driver's side of the car with more than a dozen bullets, Dacey said.

Smedley was shot in the left arm, while the 17-year-old was hit in the buttocks. The teens then drove themselves to the hospital, Dacey said.

(Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

[Shermy]

HMB

[lelio]

Don't bring paint to a lead fight.

[mhking]

D'oh!

Just damn.

If you want on the new list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[gitmo]

Dumb gone to seed.

[spodefly]

That'll teach 'em.

[Servant of the Nine]

Paging Dr. Darwin.

So9

[Humidston]

BWAAAAAAHAHAHAHA!!!!

[Moose4]

Y'know, generally, it's not a good idea to drive slowly by a streetcorner, whip out your marker at Big Pimpin' Daddy and his posse, and pelt 'em with paint. Not a good idea at all.

These kids need to thank their lucky stars that Darwin was busy that day, and they only got away with relatively minor injuries.

}:-)4

[VRWCmember]

Driving around shooting paintballs or softair bb's or any other type of gun is very stupid and is a good way to get yourself killed.

[Caipirabob]

They made it out alive? Some pretty piss-poor shooting out there I'd say.

[Joe Brower]

Well, I'll wager that these dum-dums won't make that mistake again.

[OldCorps]

Darwin alert; potential candidates

[beelzepug]

I don't suppose you can buy lead-based paint anymore. Ha!

[GladesGuru]

Inadequate weapons choices, poor tactics, worse recon; you could get a** shot off that way!

Oh, it did? Pity!

[martin_fierro]

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Learn Pittsburghese!

[genefromjersey]

LOVE IT !!!

[gcruse]

Works for me.

[Dog Gone]

Smedley, the 17-year-old and an 18-year-old man drove around a city neighborhood armed with paintball guns and wearing helmets and paintball vests, Pittsburgh police Lt. Philip Dacey said.

I guess they were expecting return fire.

[Gunslingr3]

ping