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Baltimore squeegee kid allegedly shoots two people with BB gun near police headquarters

Baltimore squeegee kid allegedly shoots two people with BB gun near police headquarters
Baltimore squeegee kid allegedly shoots two people with BB gun near police headquarters 02:28

BALTIMORE -- A 12-year-old squeegee worker allegedly used a BB gun to shoot two people near police headquarters on Monday, according to authorities.

Officers learned of the alleged assault around 12:10 p.m., police said.

That's when they received a report that two people had been assaulted.

The assault victims told officers that they had been taunted by a squeegee worker while walking near the 600 block of East Fayette Street, police said.

They said the squeegee worker pointed a gun at them and shot them, according to authorities.

Officers later determined the weapon used to shoot them was a BB gun, police said.

Medical personnel treated the assault victims for abrasions to their arms and torso area on scene, according to authorities 

Police arrested the 12-year-old squeegee worker who allegedly shot the two people and took that person to the city's juvenile booking facility, according to authorities.

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