Paintball Gun Attack In Crystal City Sends One Person To Hospital

ARLINGTON, VA — Four people were shot with a paintball gun in Crystal City last Friday, causing one of the victims to seek treatment at a hospital for injuries, according to the Arlington County Police Department.

At about 7:25 p.m. on Friday, two people were walking in the 1400 block of S. Eads Street in Crystal City when a car approached and the passenger fired a paintball gun. The paintball pellets hit the two people, a parked car and the door to a nearby business.

Later that night, at about 9:10 p.m., two other people were walking in the same area of Crystal City — near the corner of S. 15th Street and S. Eads Street — when the suspect fired a paintball gun from a car, hitting both of them.

One of the victims from the second incident was treated at a hospital, police said.

The suspects' vehicle is described as a silver, older model four-door sedan. The police do not have descriptions of the suspects.

Anyone with information about the incident can contact the ACPD's tip line at 703-228-4180, by email at ACPDTipline@arlingtonva.us, or anonymously through the Arlington County Crime Solvers hotline at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477).