Almeria police arrest suspected shooter for taking potshots at passers-by

POLICE arrested a man for taking potshots at passers-by from a window of his Almeria city home.
Police said 25-year old P.P.A. is accused of using an air rifle with a telescopic lens to shoot at three people, injuring all of them.
One man was hit by a pellet while walking in Plaza del Quemadero, which lodged between his rib arch and his spine and had to be surgically removed.
Two days later the shooter fired at two other people in the same place. He hit a woman in the arm and back and a man in the shoulder. They both ran to a nearby games hall to take shelter.
Police tracked the path of the shots in order to pinpoint where they had come from. Witness statements confirmed investigators’ conclusions and led to a search of the 25-year’s property, the seizure of the gun and the suspected sniper’s detention.
The detainee is being held in prison on three charges of causing serious injury.