81-year-old slingshot shooter who terrorized Azusa residents for years arrested, police say – San Gabriel Valley Tribune

An 81-year-old man was arrested this week on suspicion of terrorizing a residential neighborhood for years with an unusual weapon: a slingshot.

Prince Raymond King, of Azusa, was arrested after police executed a search warrant at his home in the 900 block of North Enid Avenue on Thursday, May 23 and found the slingshot and ball bearings , Azusa police said in a press release.

The number of ball bearings King had inside the house was not provided.

Officers learned during a lengthy investigation that dozens of people were victims over about a decade of a “serial slingshot” that shattered windows, windshields and nearly hit people with its ammunition. No injuries were reported, Azusa police Lt. Jake Bushey said.

Bushey said officers began investigating after the first incident.

“This has been going on for many years because we just haven't identified who the suspect was,” Bushey said.

Bushey said Saturday he wasn't sure how King was identified, but detectives learned that most of the ball bearings were fired from his backyard and others were thrown from “a neighboring neighborhood.”

It was unknown why King allegedly vandalized property and nearly hit his neighbors.

“We are not aware of any motive other than simple malicious mischief,” Bushey said, adding that the shootings were not random. He said he didn't know why certain properties or people were targeted.

King was held without bond, according to inmate records. He was due to appear in court on Tuesday.