You can’t fix stupid.
Via Tucson News Now:
Three people, all 18 years old, have been arrested in what law enforcement authorities are calling a copycat crime in the wake of a string of freeway shootings that have plagued the Phoenix area since Aug. 29.
The apprehensions came after a man and wife in their vehicle reported a car came up alongside theirs Saturday night. The three occupants used a slingshot and granite rocks to shatter the driver’s side window of the victim’s car, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said.
“The victims were smart enough to get the license plate of the vehicle that pulled up alongside.,” Arpaio said.
It happened at State Route 24 and Ellsworth.
The teens admitted shooting at six pedestrians and seven vehicles from 3 to 7 p.m. Saturday.
They were booked into jail on charges of criminal damage and conspiracy. MCSO, DPS and Mesa police worked together on the case.
Col. Frank Milstead, director of the Arizona Department of Public Safety. also confirmed the incidents were “copycat crimes.”
“We don’t think what happened on the east side is anything related to what we have going on the west side,” Milstead said. “These are just some kids out thinking that maybe they could come up with some good idea.”
“Don’t kid yourself,” Milstead added. “What the kids were doing last night was absolutely lethal. If you break out a windshield with a rock and somebody grabs the steering wheel and jerks it or turns it the wrong way, or hits another car and you have a catastrophic collision, you could end up with death again.”
We have not had a shooting since Thursday or a projectile shooting since Thursday, Milstead said.