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Charges pending in paintball shooting spree in Red Deer

Lac Du Bonnett RCMP have recovered the body of a man at Pine Point Rapids.
Lac Du Bonnett RCMP have recovered the body of a man at Pine Point Rapids. Global News

RCMP say charges are pending against four people after a series of paintball attacks in Red Deer that injured three people.

It began at a Tim Horton’s just before midnight on March 13th, when paintballs were fired at the building by a man who then fled the scene.

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A few minutes later, a woman standing in front of a Boston Pizza was shot at by four people in a white truck.

And just three minutes after that incident, a masked man walked into a McDonald’s and fired paintballs at two employees.

Police later pulled over a truck and arrested the four people inside and seized two paintball guns.

Three adults and a minor will appear in court in May on charges of assault with a weapon, mischief and possession of a weapon dangerous to the public.

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The three people who were shot at suffered only minor injuries.

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