Juvenile Violence

On 4/13, a citizen reported seeing 3 young males with guns on Broad Creek Blvd. The citizen did not know if the guns were real or not. Three 12 yr olds were contacted. Each had a BB gun. The BB guns were confiscated and the boys were counseled. The parents requested the guns be destroyed.

On 6/29 at about 3pm, an 11 yr old boy was near the corner of Cottage Grove Rd and Sprecher when he was struck in the back with a pellet. He saw a person in the window of a near by house. Officers eventually contacted a 15 yr old boy who stated he was shooting at a can on the window sill and one of the pellets that missed must have accidentally struck the boy outside.

On 6/8, a 14 yr old male Whitehorse student was about to get on the bus after school when 4 males confronted him. The males, ages 14,15 and 17, asked the victim if he belonged to a rival gang. After the victim got on the bus, the 4 males began following the bus in their car. The bus driver called police, but before police could arrive, the victim got off the bus on Bluff Point Dr. The 4 males immediately "jumped" the victim and began striking him. The bus driver was able to intervene and the 4 males left the area. The 4 males were later located and arrested.