New Brunswick BB Gun Shooting May Be Part Of TikTok Challenge

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Rutgers students walking near campus Saturday night were shot at with an airsoft or BB gun, which may be related to a TikTok challenge.

The students, a group of four, were fired at from the car at around 8 p.m. while walking near the intersection of George and Bayard streets. One victims was injured, but he did not require medical attention.

The car was described as a tan Toyota Sienna minivan that fled on Bayard St. toward Joyce Kilmer Avenue.

Also last weekend, Kevin Le, 20, of Manahawkin, was found with a battery-operated CO2 Airsoft-type rifle; he was arrested and charged with unlawful possession of a weapon, said New Brunswick Police. However, any connection to the BB gun shooting Saturday night remains under investigation, said police.

There is a challenge currently on TikTok asking teens to conduct "drive-by shootings" where they fire a BB gun or pellet gun at other teens walking by. Teens across the nation have been injured from being shot in the face and even a 6-year-old was injured when he or she was shot by an Orbeez gun in Montana, according to this local Montana news report.

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