Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Bummer / Crime UPDATE — Suspects in suburban sniper attacks arrested
Posted by Gwynedd Stuart @gwynnstu on Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 2:31 PM
- creckstock.com
UPDATE — The AJC is reporting that two knuckleheads with high-powered pellet guns have been arrested for the sniper attacks in Roswell and Alpharetta. 22-year-old Javon Dacosta Toppin and 20-year-old Rashaun Yusef Stevens, both of Roswell, are being charged with aggravated assault with a firearm and criminal damage to property.
Oh, and it looks like there was actually more like EIGHTEEN shooting incidents:
Nine vehicles were struck and damaged in Alpharetta; three shots were fired at glass at the Mexi Cali Grill while it was occupied by patrons, also in Alpharetta; and six shooting incidents were reported in Roswell, police said.
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WSBTV spoke to a guy named Alistair D'Avilar who was "hopping mad" after some unknown person shot out the windshield of his car.
And he's likely not alone in his hopping madness! Roswell and Alpharetta police say there've been NINE instances of people's vehicles and businesses being shot at along the Mansell Road-Highway 9 corridor — since Monday.
Police aren't sure whether the person — or people — are using a real gun or a pellet gun, but another victim says after her window was shot out WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING she discovered four bullet holes in the side of her truck.
Luckily, the shootings are random, so anyone traveling in the area is equally vulnerable (sarcazm). Lisa Holland of the Roswell Police Department said, "It's a very dangerous situation ... the middle of the day, there's a lot of traffic there. There's a lot of restaurants nearby and a lot of bystanders that can be hit by this ... It's all random. I don't think she was targeted in anyway. People need to be aware of their surroundings."
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