Bb Gun

An 11-year-old student at Collington Square Elementary/Middle School was shot in the chest with a BB gun on Monday evening, city school officials said, after he and another student began fighting on the school's playground during an after-school program. The incident happened about 5:30 p.m. Monday, city school officials said. The victim was attending the program and the other student returned to the school. After the students began fighting, the suspect walked up to the student and shot him in the chest with the BB gun. The victim did not need medical treatment, city school officials said.

The following is compiled from police reports from the Cockeysville Precinct. Our policy is to include descriptions only when there is enough information to make identification possible. Sparks English Run Circle , 100 block, between 12:01 a.m. Nov. 15 and 11:43 a.m. Dec. 17. Lawn mower and weed trimmer stolen. Shed door forced open. Yeoho Road , 16500 block, between 11 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. Dec. 21. Rear door kicked open. Nothing reported missing.

Prince George's County police are investigating what they call one of the largest cases of random vandalism in the county. Police say two people driving around the eastern part of the county in a black Honda Del Sol convertible are shooting up windshields with a BB gun. The pair has been tied to nearly 100 cases in Lanham, Lake Arbor, Springdale and Bowie since mid-September. Officer Evan Baxter says this is the first time the county has experienced a case of this magnitude.

Harford County sheriff's deputies and Maryland State Police report: Aberdeen A caller in the 1400 block of Cranberry Road reported Saturday someone tried to break into Mt. Calvary Free Will Baptist Church. A caller in the first block of Locust Street reported Saturday someone was firing shots in the area. A caller in the 1100 block of South Philadelphia Boulevard reported Tuesday someone stole medications out of a purse. A caller in the 800 block of Matthews Avenue reported Tuesday her boyfriend punched her. A caller in the 500 block of South Stepney Road reported Tuesday someone broke into the house and stole a PlayStation3 and watches.

An Edgewater man received a small wound just below his right ear Tuesday afternoon when someone apparently shot him with a BB gun as he walked on a street in Shady Side, county police said. Jack A. Stansbury, 71, was in the 1400 block of Cedar Hurst Drive about 1:30 p.m. when he heard a crack and instants later then felt something sting him just below his right ear, police said. Mr. Stansbury, who did not require treatment, told police he did not see anyone in the area, and there were no witnesses to the shooting, police said.

An 12-year-old Edgewater boy is lucky to be alive after being shot point-blank in the head with a BB gun by a teen-age housemate this weekend, Anne Arundel County police reported yesterday.The BB entered Brian Bergendahl's forehead, pierced his skull and traveled through his brain, finally lodging in the back of his head, police and the boy's father said.Almost as remarkable, Brian didn't even tell his parents he had been shot.His mother found him bleeding from the head Friday morning. But not until doctors performed a CT scan did they discover the small, copper projectile.

Police arrested two Brooklyn Park men Saturday and charged them with shooting out windows on eight cars with a BB gun, county police said.Stephen T. Kilgore, 20, and Glenn F. Acton, 18, both of the 5100 block of Patrick Henry Lane, were charged with eight counts of destruction to auto. No bail information was available.A Church Street resident called police shortly before 4 a.m. to report the vandalism. Witnesses described the offenders, and an officer broadcast the description over police radio.

A 14-year-old Wilde Lake High School student could face a weapons charge after the principal spotted him with a long-barreled BB gun at the school, county police say.The boy, who was suspended from school, may be charged with possessing a concealed weapon, said Howard County Police spokesman Sgt. Steven Keller.He said that Principal Bonnie Daniel had called county police yesterday morning, reporting that she had noticed the barrel of the gun Wednesday afternoon.When Ms. Daniel confronted the boy, he denied possessing a gun, Sergeant Keller said.

A Columbia man using an automated teller machine scared away two teens who tried to rob him Wednesday night with a BB gun by arguing that the weapon was not real, Howard County police said.According to police, the two teens -- their faces covered with blue bandannas -- approached the man at the Harper's Choice Village Center in the 5300 block of Harper's Farm Road in Columbia at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday.With one of them waving a BB gun, the boys demanded cash. The victim told them he knew their weapon was not an actual handgun and the boys ran away, police said.

A Glen Burnie man was shot in the head with a BB gun Wednesday as he sat at a traffic light at the off ramp at southbound Route 10 and Mountain Road, county police said.Carroll Joseph Gerbig, 53, of the 900 block of Silver Maple Court told police he was waiting at the traffic signal with the driver's side window of his car rolled down about 5: 30 p.m. when he felt something hit him on the forehead.He looked in the rear-view mirror, saw he was bleeding, drove to North Arundel Hospital and called police.

An 11-year-old student at Collington Square Elementary/Middle School was shot in the chest with a BB gun on Monday evening, city school officials said, after he and another student began fighting on the school's playground during an after-school program. The incident happened about 5:30 p.m. Monday, city school officials said. The victim was attending the program and the other student returned to the school. After the students began fighting, the suspect walked up to the student and shot him in the chest with the BB gun. The victim did not need medical treatment, city school officials said.

Maryland State Police said they shot and killed a Cecil County man Friday night after he confronted troopers, pulling out a sword and carrying what appeared to be a rifle and a handgun. According to a police news release, Jason E. Honaker, 25, of the 700 block of W. Pulaski Highway in Elkton, was pronounced dead after undergoing surgery at Christiana Hospital in Wilmington, Del. State police said the man pulled a short, curved martial arts-type sword while he was less than 10 feet from troopers, and one officer, fearing for his life, shot him with a handgun.

Baltimore County police are investigating a shooting Sunday afternoon near the Loch Raven Reservoir in Cockeysville, where windows on several vehicles were shot at by a BB gun as the drivers slowed to navigate a bend in the road, said Baltimore County Police spokesmen. At least two vehicles were struck as they drove near the Warren Road Bridge, Cpl. George Erhardt said Sunday, and one man in his 20s was taken to a medical center for treatment after glass flew into his eyes. The shooter, who used some kind of pellet gun, struck another person in the leg, though it didn't cause injury, Erhardt said.

Prince George's County police are investigating what they call one of the largest cases of random vandalism in the county. Police say two people driving around the eastern part of the county in a black Honda Del Sol convertible are shooting up windshields with a BB gun. The pair has been tied to nearly 100 cases in Lanham, Lake Arbor, Springdale and Bowie since mid-September. Officer Evan Baxter says this is the first time the county has experienced a case of this magnitude.

An elementary- or middle-school-age student was shot in the face Thursday while waiting for the bus by what city school police believe was a bb-gun pellet, city school officials said. The incident happened at about 4:45 p.m. in the 2000 block of Fayette St., near Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle School, where the victim is a student, officials said in a statement Friday. The student was struck above the eye, and did not suffer any major injuries, the statement said.

Woman, 56, robbed of purse, police say A 56-year-year old Annapolis woman was the victim of a purse snatching, city police said. The woman, who lives in the 200 block of Woodlawn Ave., was walking up to her house after a trip to a nearby store about 7:50 p.m. Nov. 9 when a man approached her from behind, bumped into her, took her purse and ran away. Cable equipment stolen from facility Someone broke into a cable company's storage shelter and stole nearly $40,000 worth of cable-laying tools and equipment, Annapolis police said.

Western Maryland College students received fliers this week asking them to be alert after two recent incidents of someone firing a BB or pellet gun in a parking area near a dormitory on the Westminster campus. At least two students suffered minor injuries in the first shooting, when someone fired at them about 1:15 a.m. Aug. 31 as they walked behind the Blanche Ward Hall dormitory, according to Westminster police and a college spokesman. "The students had been shot with what we believed to have been a BB gun," said Capt.

Carroll Gerbig was waiting at a traffic light at southbound Route 10 and Mountain Road in Pasadena last week when something grazed his forehead. He felt a trickle of liquid and then horror."