Man Arrested In Drive-By Airsoft Gun Shooting In Fairfax

FAIRFAX, CA – A man was arrested after allegedly firing an airsoft gun at estranged friends in Fairfax.

Fairfax police said several people were outside a home in the 1700 block of Sir Francis Drake Boulevard when a person drove by and began shooting at the group around 7 p.m. Tuesday.

A pellet struck one person in the hand, Fairfax police Chief Christopher Morin said. Victims said the suspect had been friends with the group, but there had been a recent falling out.

Officers searched the area but did not immediately find the suspect or his vehicle. An hour later, an officer spotted the suspect's vehicle traveling westbound on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard.

Police conducted a traffic stop and found six airsoft weapons inside the vehicle, Morin said. The driver, Anthony Lawrence Baylacq, 51, of Fairfax, told officers he only "dry fired" the weapon at the victims.

Baylacq was arrested and booked into Marin County Jail on suspicion of assault with force likely to cause injury, discharging a BB gun in a gross negligent manner, and changing markings on an imitation gun. He was being held on $50,000 bail.

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