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Police: 81-year-old ‘serial slingshot shooter’ arrested for terrorizing neighborhood

Man arrested FILE PHOTO: A California man has been arrested, accused of using a slingshot to terrorize his neighborhood for about a decade. (carlballou/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

An 81-year-old man who allegedly used a slingshot to terrorize a Southern California neighborhood has been arrested, police said.

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Detectives “learned that during the course of nine-10 years, dozens of citizens were being victimized by a serial slingshot shooter,” the Azusa Police Department said in a statement, ABC News reported.

According to police, Prince Raymond King narrowly missed hitting people with ball bearings he shot from a slingshot. He broke windows in homes and car windshields using the weapon, the statement said.