Police in Arlington, Virginia, are conducting a criminal investigation into four separate paintball and pellet drive-by shootings in less than a week.
The most recent attack happened Monday around 5 p.m. on Washington Boulevard at North Highland Street. A person was struck by pellets fired from a gray or light-blue small SUV.
On Friday night, four people were hit by paintballs in two separate attacks about 90 minutes apart. The first two people were hit around 7:30 p.m., then two others were struck around 9 p.m. on South Eads Street near 15th Street South.
The shots were believed to be fired from a silver-colored older model four-door sedan. A parked car and the door of a business were also splattered with paintballs.
Police say the string of drive-by shootings they’re investigating began Wednesday March 16, when someone was hit by pellets from a passing vehicle on South Eads Street at 12th Street. The suspect vehicle is a maroon SUV.
Arlington police said similar incidents have and appear to stem from challenges originating on social media.
Anyone with information on the incidents above should call police at 703-228-4180.
