A Man in His 50s Shoots BB Pellets at a Woman He Met for the First Time Out of Anger and Stress

Suspended Sentence for Same Crime Committed 2 Years Ago
Recent Increase in Crimes Shooting BB Pellets at Random People

The Daejeon District Court Criminal Division 3 sentenced Mr. A (52), who was indicted on charges of special assault, to four months in prison. The photo is not related to the specific content of the article. Photo by Pixabay

[Asia Economy Reporter Bang Je-il] A man in his 50s who shot a BB gun at a woman he did not even know simply because he was angry was sentenced to prison.

According to the legal community on the 10th, the Daejeon District Court Criminal Division 3 sentenced Mr. A (52), who was indicted on charges of special assault, to four months in prison.

Mr. A is accused of firing a BB gun once at the victim, Ms. B (27, female), who was sitting at a nearby bus stop without any particular reason while driving a passenger car on a road in Daedeok-gu, Daejeon, at around 6:25 p.m. on December 24 last year. Ms. B was hit by a BB pellet on her right shin.

At the time, it is known that Mr. A took out the BB gun stored in his passenger car through the passenger window and committed the crime because he was angry and stressed.

The court stated the sentencing reasons, saying, "The defendant committed the same type of crime in 2019 and received a suspended sentence, but committed the crime again immediately after the suspension period ended. Considering that he fired a dangerous object, a BB gun, at an unspecified woman on the roadside simply because he was angry or stressed, the nature of the crime is not good."

Meanwhile, incidents of firing or threatening pedestrians with BB guns have been occurring recently. In June, near Namdaejeon IC on the highway from Daejeon to Tongyeong, a man in his 40s fired a BB gun at the front passenger seat of a car during a dispute over overtaking. At that time, the car window was down, and the passenger in the front seat of the victim vehicle was bruised after being hit by a BB pellet on the arm.

Earlier, in March, a man in his 30s, Mr. C, who fired a BB gun at pedestrians in the Iksan area of Jeollabuk-do, was caught. It was confirmed that from January to March this year, Mr. C roamed the Yeongdeung-dong area of Iksan, hiding in specific places such as inside cars, and fired BB guns at unspecified many people. It was revealed that many of the victims were women.

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