Florida Man shoots at 'Pokemon Go' players outside house
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Sunday, July 17, 2016 12:19 AM EDT | Updated: Sunday, July 17, 2016 12:45 AM EDT
Michael Young, dressed as Pokemon character Ash Ketchum, plays "Pokemon Go, " in Springfield, Mo. on Friday, July 15, 2016. "Pokemon Go," a free mobile app partly owned by Nintendo, allows people to collect and battle Pokemon in the real world. (Guillermo Hernandez Martinez/The Springfield News-Leader via AP)
PALM COAST, Fla. -- Authorities say a Florida man fired shots at two late-night "Pokemon Go" players in a car outside his house but no one was injured.
Flagler County Sheriff's Office spokesman James Troiano says in a news release that the homeowner awoke to a noise outside about 1:30 a.m. Saturday and saw a car sitting in the road in front of his house. He told authorities he got a handgun and approached the vehicle.
Troiano says the two teens in the car sped away and the man fired several shots at them.
Later that morning, he says, the mother of one of the teens called the sheriff's office when they realized the car had a flat tire and several bullet holes in it. She told officials the two had been playing the smartphone app.
The release says the investigation is ongoing.
