Burger King BB Gun Shooting Prompts Charges
No injuries were reported as a result of the Bel Air incident.
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Bystanders reported a shooting outside Burger King in Bel Air Monday evening, but police later learned the weapon involved was a BB gun, not a handgun.
Around 6:15 p.m. several people contacted Maryland State Police with the Bel Air Barrack to report a shooting outside Burger King, located at 2110 Emmorton Road, according to a release from state police.
Troopers and deputies with the Harford County Sheriff's Office arrived at the scene a short time later and canvassed the area.
No one was injured, and investigators found no physical evidence of shell casings or property damage at the location, the release states.
Police said they learned a group of juveniles was in the parking lot at the time of the reported shooting, among them a 17-year-old Abingdon boy.
The teen allegedly fired several shots from a BB gun out of a car at another vehicle filled with young people he knew, according to the release.
Charges are pending in the case, according to state police.
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Wayne Earl Jones
1:39 pm on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Had the new gun control laws been in place this surely would have never occurred. This BB gun was used as an assault weapon.
BLACKBIRD
2:44 pm on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
A BB gun is not any more an assult weapon than a rock. Geez you bunch of wimpering pansies. I am glad we didn't have to rely on you people to fight any other countries or criminals to keep our freedoms. Go crawl back under your rock & let people with ba**s take care of the country.
The kid in question should have his a** kicked a little so he will stop trying to bully people. Let him spend a few nights in the Harford Hilton(you know where I mean) He won't like it & maybe it will adjust his atitude. Just sayin....................
Donald Kagle
2:00 pm on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
No BB guns in the Senate gun bill in Annaplois. Starter pistols are however...go figure. What a bunch of idiots.
Mike hunt
2:58 pm on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Justin Dysard a true Bel Air success story
Wayne Earl Jones
3:12 pm on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
You all sound like a bunch of damn bickering women. Internet tough guys. . .
Justin Dysard
3:18 pm on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Bel air just can't handle my awesomeness. Not many can it's okay.
Wayne Earl Jones
3:38 pm on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
How the hell did we get so off topic here?
tammy hewitt
7:41 pm on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
I am the mother of a 25 year old and am originally from this area. It's called teaching your kids to be respectful. Teaching them how to make good choices. Teaching them right from wrong. Not many parents do that these days as my son would NEVER have even thought of doing something so stupid.
Take Responsibility!
7:30 am on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
I saw your son dealing crack Tammy.
cornelius jenkins
11:28 pm on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Was this juvenile holding a "no bel air wal mart" sign?
Leroy Smith
6:29 am on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Are you kidding me? New gun laws have nothing to do with this incident. First of all gun laws don't cover BB guns. Secondly this was a case of a punk kid thinking he was going to scare his friends. This kid needs to have his a$$ whipped and then some community service.
Wayne Earl Jones
7:34 am on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Leroy I have to believe that this young man would not have had access to this assault weapon if tighter control existed. Burger King locations are very vunerable to stray projectiles. An employee could have taken one through an open drive through window or worse a young patron in the parking area.
cornelius jenkins
8:00 am on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
So as I read the article, people against bel.air Walmart are shooting at cars on 924 with bb guns? Good grief.
BLACKBIRD
2:47 pm on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
No. People(pansies) are calling a BB gun an assult weapon. Idiots. Based on their criteria, a sling-shot is an assult weapon. I bet half of these idiots voted for osama/obama too.
dogdoodie
12:24 pm on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
It would hilarious as dogshit if it was reported an assault weapon with an orange tip (airsoft gun).
Kathys10
1:24 pm on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
everbody talks about all these guns laws what about all th drugs in harfordcounty i have lived in belair all my life and one day a kid that was so high tried to get into my car i locked my does yelled at him to get a job and he told me to get out of my car so he can whip my ass really now its a shame you have to lock your car doors to just go somewhere in belair i really wish some one would stop paying for these people on drug and drinking and pay them to do more drinking and do drug people look around
Phil Dirt
3:12 pm on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
It looks like he stole all of the punctuation from your post, too.
VolunteerMom2
12:38 am on Thursday, February 28, 2013
Lol, Phil.....I agree. I think someone else is hitting the drugs or booze. (Just trying a little humor here)
Wayne Earl Jones
7:42 am on Thursday, February 28, 2013
Kathys10, this is a classic example of a run on sentence.
Terri
2:49 pm on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Kathys10, what? I think your passion for your comment overrode your sentence structure and continuation of thought, especially towards the end. Slow down because your main point is valid. Too many drugs in Harford County. But I don't know how to deal with that. But no one ever said the BB trigger man was on drugs. Could have been just some dumb guy.
BLACKBIRD
2:57 pm on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Thanks Terri. I was trying to figure out what Kathy was ending up with there. Point made, too many drugs & people wasting their lives in BelAir . They should try to spend time working instead. Dispite the current state of our economy, there are a ton of jobs available. They may not be 6 figure jobs but it sure beats being on the streets.
shari b
4:32 pm on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Lol, lol, lol. Omg! I can't stop lol! I love english brains. Thanks for the great lol!!
VolunteerMom2
12:44 am on Thursday, February 28, 2013
English brains? Uh, we won our independence from the English a long, long time ago. We'll go with: 'American brains', as brains go.
shari b
7:16 am on Thursday, February 28, 2013
point taken!
joshua
7:29 am on Thursday, February 28, 2013
MURICA
Wayne Earl Jones
7:39 am on Thursday, February 28, 2013
Ahhhh Blackbird, I don't necessarily appreciate your tone on the message board. Name calling is merely a weak mind trying to express itself.
BLACKBIRD
9:42 am on Thursday, February 28, 2013
Not appologizing for the tone. Not a weak mind either, just tired of everybody crying assult weapons & blaming everything on products & others instead of owning some responsibility for educating themselves & THEIR CHILDREN about the use ,or non-use of firearms. Too many people out here don't instill any discipline (Training expected to produce a specific character or pattern of behavior, especially training that produces moral or mental improvement ) into their children. This too often results in a lack of respect for many things. Have a nice day :-)
VolunteerMom2
12:27 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
Very well said, Blackbird; and see, you can say it w/o the name calling.....although, I do seriously get your frustration. Teaching discipline and dropping name calling will result in exceptional children. Children learn what they live. Peace.