"Kids Line Up" BB Gun Shooting... Identity Caught After a Year and a Half

A man in his 40s who repeatedly fired a BB gun toward an apartment complex in the middle of the night has been caught by the police a year and a half after the first report of damage.

The Seoul Gwanak Police Station has booked and is investigating a man in his 40s, surnamed A, who resides in an officetel in Sillim-dong, on charges of special assault.

Mr. A is accused of repeatedly firing a BB gun from his officetel toward the opposite apartment complex located about 30 meters away.

At the time, YTN captured footage of Mr. A lowering the curtains at a dark window, sticking only the muzzle outside, and firing BBs in succession.

The first report of damage was filed in April of last year.

At the time, a resident was hit in the arm by a BB while sorting recycling, but due to a lack of clear clues, the police had difficulties identifying the culprit.

Even after that, BBs continued to fly in every night, piling up in the apartment flowerbeds and heightening residents' anxiety.

Mr. A, who was finally caught by the police a year and a half after the report was filed, stated after purchasing an electric rechargeable toy gun that he "committed the crime to watch the luminous BBs fly."

In addition, Mr. A is reported to have claimed that he "did it just for fun and did not directly target people."

The police have sent the gun used by Mr. A to the National Forensic Service for a detailed appraisal while investigating the exact circumstances of the crime.

Reported by Lee Hyeon-yeong | Video by Ahn Jun-hyeok | Graphics by Lee Jeong-ju | Produced by Digital Newsroom
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