AFTER 10 LONG YEARS, COPS FINALLY ARRESTED CALIFORNIA SERIAL SLINGSHOT SHOOTER
I always wanted a slingshot as a kid. Always. But I never had one, and only had the good fortune of shooting (aka, pulling and releasing) one once. And only once, because the kid who owned it literally couldn’t stand seeing it in someone else’s hands. As an adult, I’ve managed to restrain myself the very few times I’ve seen one on sale in person. But it seems at least one person never grew out of it. And that really is an inadequate way of introducing the fact that Azusa, California has been plagued with a serial slingshot shooter for 10 years. But at last, police were finally able to identify the culprit and arrested him.
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SHOCKINGLY, SERIAL SLINGSHOT SHOOTER IS AN 81-YEAR-OLD AZUSA RESIDENT
The serial slingshot shooter over the last decade has clearly taken joy in targeting windows, car windshields and windows, with even the occasional shots at actual people. And I’ve got to say that 10 years is a long time for a community to have to deal with such random, juvenile acts of violence. But while the kid in me let go of the slingshot fantasy years ago (resignedly unrequited), the arrested culprit is anything but an actual juvenile. Though, to be fair, after 10 years the timing would be hard. But the serial slingshot shooter was none other than one Prince King, and 81-year-old resident of the neighborhood he terrorized.
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WHAT MOTIVE COULD AN OCTOGENARIAN HAVE TO DO THIS FOR 10 LONG YEARS?
Police don’t really know what Prince King’s motive really was, though I’m curious if the arrested culprit will explain something other than the presumed malicious mischief. Perhaps there will be an update as soon as tonight, as King appeared in court today, after spending some time in the LA County jail (no bail, it seems) after his arrest. But police were pretty certain they had their man when they performed a warranted search of his home and found not just the slingshot, but the very ball bearings the serial slingshot shooter used over the last 10 years.
Now, of course, I’m considering the idea of looking up what kinds of cool slingshots one can buy these days. Just no ball bearings….
