3 Charged With Shooting Out Windows With BB Gun

WHITMAN, MA — Three face charges for shooting a BB gun at windows in Whitman early Sunday morning, police said.

Tyler James Heine, 18, of Weymouth; Aaron Etienne, 18, of Weymouth; and a 17-year-old were all arrested and charged with underage possession of liquor, wanton destruction of property over $250, and disturbing the peace, according to the Whitman Police Department.

At 12:21 a.m. Sunday, police responded to a report of BB gun fire near Beulah Street. One witness told police that they heard 16 shots fired from a vehicle traveling west on Glen Street. A short time later, police received a report that a gray pickup truck had been spotted driving through the center of town firing a BB gun at storefront windows.

Officers were able to find the vehicle after a Plymouth County Bureau of Criminal Investigation deputy found a vehicle matching that description in a parking lot on Bedford Street. The three suspects were in the truck along with a black CO2-powered BB gun and pellets. Officers also located several beer cans during a further search of the vehicle, police said.

Heine and Etienne were each released on $300 bail, and were arraigned Monday morning in Brockton District Court. Both are due back in court on Oct. 16. The juvenile was released into the custody of his parents and is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday in Brockton District Court.

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