ATLANTA — Vandals are using a different method to destroy property -- paintguns.
Homes, cars and even businesses are being targeted in northwest Atlanta.
“I saw guys walking by my property with these long guns in their hand," said resident Linda Weaver. “I am hearing paintball shots against the side of the house, hitting the window.”
Police say in many of the cases, the people are shooting at each other as part of a game.
On Sunday night, Channel 2's Lauren Pozen got a tip that took her to a Chevron gas station in southeast Atlanta off of Lakewood Avenue and Jonesboro.
Sure enough, it was covered in paintball residue, even on the gas pumps. Cars also were coated in paint.
Pozen also saw a group of people who appeared to be holding paintguns.
Channel 2 Action News cameras were rolling when an Atlanta police patrol car arrived.
Police say in many of the cases, the people are shooting at each other as part of a game.
For those caught in the crossfire, this is anything but a game to them.
"You’re having fun and messing up and destroying other folks' property, cost them money to wash get detergent and all that stuff. That is not good at all,” said resident Bryant Morton.
The aftermath of paintball wars in a southeast Atlanta neighborhood. Where else this is happening and what @Atlanta_Police are doing to stop it. #nightbeat pic.twitter.com/RWf4By4oxL
— Lauren Pozen WSB (@LaurenPozenWSB) April 3, 2018
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