BB Gun

Police responded to the Young Achievers Science and Math Pilot School in Boston on Monday afternoon for a report that a BB gun had been found in the building. Investigators said a student was in possession of the BB gun, which can be punishable by arrest. It was not immediately clear if the student was arrested. According to a statement…

Police in Manchester, New Hampshire, are searching for a group of young males accused of shooting a BB gun at a passing motorist and a pedestrian on Wednesday night. For the family in the car, they’ll never feel safe in the city they visit often again after what appears to have been a random act of violence, they said....

A teenager carrying what appeared to be a pistol was arrested at a Boston public school on Tuesday, police said. The arrest was made at Dearborn Stem Academy, Boston police said. The 14-year-old had been detained by school safety officers after they spotted him with the weapon in his waistband. The weapon wasn’t a gun, officials found, but a...

A restaurant owner and several drivers in two Massachusetts communities found their cars or windows riddled with projectiles on Monday, in one case causing thousands of dollars in damage. John Wilson, who owns JD’s Restaurant on North Washington Street in North Attleboro, found five BB pellet holes in his window when he arrived at work to open shortly after 5…

A person on a freight train was shot by a pellet gun in Wareham, Massachusetts. Police say the incident appears to be accidental.

A Vermont woman is facing charges after police say she fired a BB gun toward children. The Caledonian Record reports that 28-year-old Christina Rollins, of Newport, is charged with reckless endangerment and cruelty to a child.

Police in Massachusetts have arrested two 14-year-old boys and two 16-year-old boys in connection with an armed carjacking in Worcester.

The boy, who has not been identified because he is a minor, has been charged with two counts of malicious damage, one count of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and multiple counts of assault with a dangerous weapon — a charge for every child that was on board the bus.

A Massachusetts community is reacting after a 10-year-old boy allegedly used a BB gun to open fire on two school buses that had kids on board.

Police have fatally shot an East Texas man suspected of stealing beer and pointing a BB gun at officers trying to question him.