Three CT teenagers accused of firing paintballs from SUV at pedestrians

Yahoo

30-04-2025

Three teenagers were arrested in Norwalk early Wednesday after police alleged that they were firing paintballs from a vehicle at multiple pedestrians, hitting one of them.
Police received a call from a man at 12:51 a.m. who claimed that he was shot by what he believed was a BB gun as he was walking at the intersection of East Avenue and Wall Street, according to Lt. Tomasz Podgorski of the Norwalk Police Department. The caller said the shot came from someone in an older model gray SUV.
According to Podgorski, the man said he ran to his residence and later found that he had been shot by a paintball.
Soon thereafter, a second person called police and said she was walking in the area of 34 West Ave. when someone in a gray SUV drove past her and allegedly fired multiple shots in her direction, Podgorski said. The woman claimed that there were multiple people in the vehicle and that she had not been struck by the shots. She was unsure what was shot at her.
A description of the vehicle was put out to patrol officers before police found a 2011 gray Acura MDX and pulled it over at the intersection of Monroe Street and South Main Street, Podgorski said. Police reported finding paintballs and a paintball gun in the vehicle.
The driver, 18-year-old Mason Riina of Norwalk, and two 17-year-old passengers were arrested, Podgorski said. They each face two counts of first-degree breach of peace and a single count of third-degree criminal mischief.
Riina was released on $500 bond and is scheduled to face a judge on May 13.