An 81-year-old California man described by police as a “serial slingshot shooter” has been arrested after a decade-long spree of “dozens” of incidents.
Prince King has been charged with a felony for causing a “quality of life issue” in the 900 block of North Enid Avenue, the Azusa Police Department (APD) said in an Instagram post.
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Law enforcement officials conducted a “lengthy investigation,” learning that “dozens of citizens were being victimized by a serial slingshot shooter” over the course of 9-10 years, police said.
King allegedly broke windows and windshields and “almost struck people” with ball bearings, investigators stated.
When they executed a search warrant at his residence, APD found ball bearings and a slingshot.
“I was his neighbor from 2009-2018. He would shoot my dog with ball bearings and beebees. I still have video of him doing it as well as photos of my dog’s scars and beebees/ball bearings he would shoot,” wrote one Instagram commenter, Michelle Vidaurri, probably referring to BBs.
Another commenter claiming to be a neighbor, Swede Jonasson, said King “mainly ran off unwanted squatters that I have noticed.”
Yet another commenter complained that King had broken windows at her apartment and “grazed my [6-year-old] boy twice.”
Inmate records viewed by KTLA indicate that King is being held at Men’s Central Jail without bail.
