Man arrested in Ridgecrest after allegedly shooting at teens throwing water balloons

RIDGECREST — A antheral was arrested successful Ridgecrest aft helium allegedly fired a shotgun astatine 2 teens for throwing h2o balloons, authorities said.

Police successful Ridgecrest said the 63-year-old antheral was dormant successful his pickup connected Saturday erstwhile the teens, ages 18 and 17, drove by and allegedly threw h2o balloons astatine his truck.

While the antheral inspected his pickup for damage, the teens drove by again. He allegedly pulled a 12 gauge shotgun from the motortruck and fired astatine the driver’s door, causing harm to their conveyance and insignificant injuries to the driver, according to police.

Deputies with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office arrested the antheral aboriginal successful the time without incident. He could look charges including attempted murder, battle and being a felon successful possession of a firearm, KBAK-TV reported Monday.