Police said a Dallas man is under arrest after a security guard claims to have been pelted with paintball pellets.
Police arrested Eliezer Ribeiro, 18, who told NBC 5 that he and his friends were messing around and things got out of hand. He admitted to shooting the security guard who said he was sitting in his car with the window down when he felt a pellet hit his arm.
“It's not normal that you have suspects out there firing their paintball guns at a security officer, even a police officer, so we are definitely thankful that we were able to make the arrest on this individual,” Dallas police’s Jaime Matthews said.
Because the security guard was not seriously hurt, police reduced the charge from felony to misdemeanor assault on a public servant. They also confiscated hundreds of dollars worth of paintball equipment.
Police arrested Eliezer Ribeiro, 18, who told NBC 5 that he and his friends were messing around and things got out of hand. He admitted to shooting the security guard who said he was sitting in his car with the window down when he felt a pellet hit his arm.
“It's not normal that you have suspects out there firing their paintball guns at a security officer, even a police officer, so we are definitely thankful that we were able to make the arrest on this individual,” Dallas police’s Jaime Matthews said.
Because the security guard was not seriously hurt, police reduced the charge from felony to misdemeanor assault on a public servant. They also confiscated hundreds of dollars worth of paintball equipment.
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