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'Senior prank' at youth baseball game raises safety concerns: 'It was very chaotic'

On Sunday afternoon in Colonial Heights, a youth baseball event was disrupted when people wearing masks fired water-filled pellets from vehicles at the players, coaches, and audience members.
The event, which initially seemed like an attack involving several masked individuals targeting the baseball game, is now being described by some as a senior prank, and no legal action has been taken against the teenagers involved.
Two vehicles accompanied by children riding scooters were involved, with three individuals leaning out of the car windows and one from the sunroof firing pellets, striking several people including coach Zachary Sailsbury in the neck.
Sgt. Desiree McCurry noted that some individuals have gone as far as coloring the bright orange tips of toy guns black and are wearing masks while carrying them, and Deputy Attorney Noelle Nochisaki cautioned that when fake firearms are perceived as real, there is a serious risk of deadly force being used in response.
Police expressed serious concerns, warning that senior pranks could cause serious injury or death, and Coach Sailsbury said, "It was very chaotic," noting the lasting impact on the community.

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'Senior prank' at youth baseball game raises safety concerns: 'It was very chaotic'

COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va. A youth baseball game in Colonial Heights turned chaotic Sunday afternoon when masked individuals shot water-soaked pellets from cars at players, coaches and spectators in what some are calling a senior prank.Coach Zachary Sailsbury was hit in the back of the neck during the sixth inning of the game."It was very chaotic," Sailsbury said.What initially appeared to be a drive-by shooting with multiple masked gunmen quickly un…

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