Man cited for firing pellet gun in northeastern Colorado Springs backyard

[Ranger353]

I searched and didn't see this, but if this is a repost then my apologizes and I ask the Mods to please delete.

http://fox21news.com/2015/04/23/man-...ings-backyard/

Man cited for firing pellet gun in northeastern Colorado Springs backyard

By Angela Case
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A man was cited Thursday afternoon for firing a pellet gun in his backyard.
Police said around 12:30 p.m., they got a call about shots fired in the 6500 block of Gemfield Drive, which is in the area of Vickers Drive and Rangewood Drive. The caller told police his 4-year-old daughter was playing in the backyard when she saw a neighbor with a “small rifle” and heard three or four pops. The father wasn’t sure whether the gun was a small-caliber rifle or a pellet gun, so he had his daughter lay down in the backyard until police arrived.
When they arrived, officers talked to the suspect and learned he had been shooting a realistic-looking rifle pellet gun at a target on his deck. The suspect, 18-year-old Brennan Lucero, told police he had been firing the pellet gun at a railroad tie. He was served and released on a misdemeanor summons for discharging a weapon under city code 9.7.104.
Colorado Springs police are reminding residents that the discharge of weapons, including firearms and BB/pellet guns, is illegal within city limits.

[GilpinGuy]

The father wasn’t sure whether the gun was a small-caliber rifle or a pellet gun, so he had his daughter lay down in the backyard until police arrived.

Great dad. Don't come inside sweetie - just lay down there in the grass until the cops show up to save you. I'm gettin anohter beer.

Sounds more like a disgruntled neighbor to me.

[ray1970]

Not quite sure what the big deal is. Just about every place I've ever lived had laws or ordinances that prohibited the discharge of a firearm, including air rifles, BB guns, or whatever you want to call them. Although, the part where the neighbor had his daughter lie down in the yard until help arrived was kind of odd and amusing.

[Chad4000]

Great dad. Don't come inside sweetie - just lay down there in the grass until the cops show up to save you. I'm gettin anohter beer.

Sounds more like a disgruntled neighbor to me.

yup... "somebody else will save you".. bunch of pussies this country..

[Alpha2]

It doesn't say how long it took for the police to arrive. I really do believe that should be part of the story, full disclosure and all.

[ray1970]

It doesn't say how long it took for the police to arrive. I really do believe that should be part of the story, full disclosure and all.

I'd guess about twenty-four minutes. But who knows. Maybe a report of "shots fired" cuts that response time in half.

[Skip]

yup... "somebody else will save you".. bunch of pussies this country..

Wonder how much therapy they'll need?

Around here if anyone is shooting at anything (squirrels, rabbits, etc...) it's a public service. And I didn't see nuthin.

[RMAC757]

Wonder how much therapy they'll need?

Around here if anyone is shooting at anything (squirrels, rabbits, etc...) it's a public service. And I didn't see nuthin.

Freaking Rabbits! I hate them.

[HoneyBadger]

Freaking Rabbits! I hate them.

Yeah.... I have been quietly and tactfully eliminating them at dusk from my backyard to avoid my idiot neighbors calling the cops on me for doing them and their landscaping a service. Damn rabbits have destroyed hundreds of dollars of landscaping in my yard and my 2 neighbors' yards.

[rondog]

I like the rabbits around our place, but all we have is grass and they're welcome to it. But the squirrels....those vandalous fuckers and my bird feeders..... Fortunately, their numbers seem to be mysteriously dwindling.....