Parolee Arrested After Oakland Paintball Shooting Spree
Posted: 2:41 pm PDT May 15, 2006
OAKLAND -- Police arrested a parolee in a paintball shooting spree that struck nine people and injured a teen in East Oakland. Police arrested Lajai Pridgett, 21, of Elk Grove on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, evading police and violating probation. Pridgett allegedly shot nine people Saturday with a paintball gun. One of the victims, a 13-year-old boy walking with his family, was treated for a wound to the back of head. "Those wounds can be fatal if they are fired from a short distance and hit someone in the wrong place," said police officer Steve Nowak. Pridgett was paroled last week after serving time for a narcotics conviction.
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