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B.C. teens apologize for attacking unhoused Trail residents with BB guns

RCMP said the youth expressed genuine remorse after talking one-on-one with one of their victims

RCMP rounded up a group of youths shooting pedestrians and unhoused people with toy guns in downtown Trail this week.

The police reported that eight teens were allegedly targeting people living on the street with toy guns and gelatin BBs while traveling in two vehicles around midnight Sunday (Feb. 19).

“The BBs allegedly hit multiple people; and the youth appeared to target the vulnerable street population in and around La Nina Shelter in the 1500 block of Bay Ave.,”

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