Cherokee County

Police looking for driver they believe shot at two girls as part of social media trend

CHEROKEE COUNTY, GA — Police are investigating after a social media trend turned dangerous in Cherokee County.

At around 4 p.m. on Aug. 21, police say a red truck was possibly involved in an incident at Harmony on the Lakes subdivision in Holly Springs where someone in the truck shot at two children walking on the sidewalk with water pellets, police say.

Police say this could be linked to a social media challenge.

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The dangerous “Orbeez Challenge” has been circulating on TikTok for months. Teens use pellet guns that they’ve often enhanced with water beads and fire them at people, leaving the victims with painful injuries. They then post videos of the attacks on social media.

Channel 2′s Michael Seiden reported on a similar incident in May, where two teenage girls were shot by pellet guns in Cobb County.

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Anyone with information on the truck or the incident is asked to contact the Holly Springs Police Department.

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