KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — After receiving several complaints, Kalamazoo police are warning about a recent trend of people shooting water beads at individuals as they walk or drive down the street.

Over the past year, TikTok has become a breeding ground for what many see as destructive social media challenges and its latest trend involving toy guns that fire water beads or Orbeez is no exception ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WLUK) -- The recent shooting of a student by police outside a school in Mount Horeb has Green Bay district leaders warning families about toy guns. Last week, police fatally shot a 14 ...

KALAMAZOO, Michigan — The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety (KDPS) is warning residents of a trend where groups of people are targeting unsuspecting people and shooting them with water beads. The ...

YORKTOWN, Va. — It’s a trend York County deputies say they are seeing more and more: teens misusing "Orbeez guns." Orbeez guns are similar to water guns but with gel beads inside. The toys are often ...

It’s sold as a toy, but it’s creating real problems in Newport as neighborhoods begin to push back against aggressive teens shooting Orbeez water pellet guns.The Orbeez fires a pea-size projectile in ...

HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – Two juveniles were arrested in Holyoke on Wednesday for allegedly possessing Orbeez-style gel guns on school grounds. Funding cuts hit Holyoke Tech Foundry’s digital equity ...

GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBS) -- Police warned residents this week that officers will have "zero tolerance" for shootings involving a toy gun they say was used earlier this month amid the chaos of ...

They’re called orbeez guns. “It’s like fake BB’s, right?” said John Medinger, from La Crosse, Wisconsin. “Gel BB’s, right?” Some look like brightly colored playguns, but police say others look like ...

UPDATE - Friday, July 19, 2024: Asheville Police Department detectives have identified and charged two people in the recent Orbeez-style water pellet gun assaults targeting pedestrians.Through ...

DUNWOODY, Ga. - Dunwoody police are trying to track down the people who fired an airsoft, or Orbeez, gun at a mother and daughter. Police say it is not the first time something like this has happened.