Police: Two Teens Arrested After Damaging Car, Shooting Man in Face with Pellet Gun

A man was shot in the face with a CO2 pistol on Sunday evening by two teens, who have now been arrested, according to police.

The man was driving by West Grant and Folk streets when the two teens shot at the car carrying a family, blowing out a rear window, according to The Express-Times. A juvenile in the car, along with two adults and a baby suffered cuts to the face, the newspaper reports. After damaging the vehicle the two teens fled, but when the driver stopped and got out of the car, they shot him several times in the face, police said.

Injuries to the wounded man and the juvenile were not disclosed by police.

The teens, aged 15 and 16, who live in the 100 block of East Kleinhans Street and the 100 block of West Grant Street, were arrested and charged with five counts of aggravated assault, four counts of reckless endangerment and one count each of propulsion of missiles into an occupied vehicle, criminal mischief, prohibited offensive weapon and possession of an instrument of crime, according to The Express-Times.

The two Easton teens were arraigned by District Judge Diane Marakovits and transported to Northampton County Prison each in lieu of $15,000 bail.