BB Gun Assault in King Salmon

This shows the similarities between a Sheriff's department rifle and the seized BB gun.

This shows the similarities between a Sheriff’s department rifle and the seized BB gun.

This is a press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. The information has not been proven in a court of law and any individuals described should be presumed innocent until proven guilty:

On May 6, 2021, at about 3:27 p.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the beach in King Salmon near Cod Street for the report of multiple juveniles being shot at with a BB gun.

Deputies arrived at the location and contacted the juvenile victim. The victim told deputies that a 13-year-old male suspect had shot multiple metal BB’s from a BB gun at the victim and his friends. One juvenile was struck with a BB and sustained a minor injury. Following the assault, the suspect reportedly hid the BB gun inside a nearby residence.

Deputies contacted the juvenile suspect and retrieved the hidden BB gun. Deputies seized the gun, and the juvenile was admonished and released to a guardian. This case will be forwarded to the District Attorney’s Office and Juvenile Probation for review and prosecution.

Upon inspection of the BB gun, deputies observed a striking resemblance of the BB gun to a real firearm. The BB gun did not possess an orange tip or other immediately distinguishing factors to separate it from a real firearm.

The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office would like to remind the public that California law prohibits changing, altering, removing, or obliterating any coloration or markings required for any imitation firearm in any way that makes the imitation firearm or device look more like a firearm (PC 20150(a)). Openly displaying or exposing any imitation firearm in a public place and exhibiting an imitation firearm in a threatening manner are also prohibited (PC 20170(a), PC 417.4). These laws were enacted to reduce confusion between real and imitation firearms. Displaying or brandishing an imitation firearm that does not meet these standards is dangerous and could result in a deadly situation.

Anyone with information about this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office at (707) 445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Office Crime Tip line at (707) 268-2539.

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Buster
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Buster
2 years ago

So definitely at least two violations of the law. Is it against the law to willfully shoot at someone with a BB gun without their consent? I say without their consent because when I was a kid we would have BB gun wars…bad idea in hindsight. Thankfully no one ever got more than a bruise.

Angela Robinson
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Angela Robinson
2 years ago
Reply to  Buster

“You’ll shoot your eye out.”

Shooting at people who are not “playing” is pretty fracked up. I do know someone who had a BB sized dent in his forehead from his older brother shooting him with a BB. He had that dent for years, might still.

Bobo
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Bobo
2 years ago

maybe the Broadway car shootings will stop.

Guest
Guest
Guest
2 years ago

Is it legal to paint the muzzle on a real gun orange?

Fndrbndr
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Fndrbndr
2 years ago

Reminds me of the bb gun wars as a kid. We would hide in a couple old shacks behind my friends house. One day my friend popped up in the window and nailed me in the chest. He thought it was real funny, as he was laughing I shot him in the tongue. He had to pop it out like a zit. All we wore were a couple layers of clothing and safety glasses. The good ol days!

Seamus
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Seamus
2 years ago
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We were doing the same, goggles, sweat shirts, out in a creek bed, God as my witness, I fired blindly through a bush not even completely sure where my adversary was, and he started screaming and came chasing after me with the bb rifle held by the barrel like a ball bat. I, with possibly lottery winning odds, had hit him right in a front tooth. Broke it right off. He wouldn’t stick to the story of a ricochet had hit him and snitched me right off to his mom. 50 years later, he still reminds me.

Anne
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Anne
2 years ago

My nephew has permanent eye damage due to being accidentally shot by a friend with a BB gun when they were kids.