Johnathan Walker:81-year-old arrested after police say he terrorized a California neighborhood with a slingshot

2025-05-06 12:18:16source:Charles H. Sloancategory:Invest

ASUZA,Johnathan Walker Calif. (AP) — An 81-year-old man who investigators say terrorized a Southern California neighborhood for years with a slingshot has been arrested, police said.

While conducting an investigation, detectives “learned that during the course of 9-10 years, dozens of citizens were being victimized by a serial slingshot shooter,” the Asuza Police Department said in a statement.

The man is suspected of breaking windows and car windshields and of narrowly missing people with ball bearings shot from a slingshot, the statement said. No injuries were reported.

The man was arrested Thursday after officers served a search warrant and found a slingshot and ball bearings at his home in Asuza, about 25 miles (40 km) east of Los Angeles, police said.

Azusa police Lt. Jake Bushey said Saturday that detectives learned that most of the ball bearings were shot from the suspect’s backyard.

“We’re not aware of any kind of motive other than just malicious mischief,” Bushey told the Southern California News Group.

He was scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday.

More:Invest

Recommend

The State Fair of Texas is banning firearms, drawing threats of legal action from Republican AG

DALLAS (AP) — The State Fair of Texas is laying down a new rule before millions of visitors flock th

‘Tennessee Three’ Democrat sues over expulsion and House rules that temporarily silenced him

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Democratic Rep. Justin Jones filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday chall

DOJ says Veterans Affairs police officer struck man with baton 45 times at medical center

An officer with the Veterans Affairs Police Department was indicted on civil rights and assault char