What would inspire these "teens" to commit a copycat crime by targeting vehicles on the highway with slingshots instead of guns?

2015-09-13T18:06:43-04:00

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/crime/article/Police-Man-detained-in-freeway-shootings-isn-t-6501583.php

In September 2015 someone with a gun shot at and hit 11 vehicles on a busy highway in Phoenix Arizona. In 2005 and 2006 similar incidents happened in Phoenix.

Now three teenagers have been arrested for "COPYCAT" incidents....however they used Sling shots instead of Guns.

"Random bullets fired by snipers are among the most terrifying in American history. The 2002 Beltway sniper attacks killed 10 and gripped the Washington, D.C. metro region in fear. In 2012, a mentally disturbed man terrorized motorists along the I-96 corridor in Michigan, shooting at at least 23 cars he believed were part of a government conspiracy."

When is this going to stop? Why is this happening? What can be done to thwart this sort of thing to continue to happen?

Here is the original story of the shootings in Arizona that started last week that led up to these stupid kids copycatting this gunman.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/09/11/phoenix-highway-shootings-echo-previous-roadway-attacks/72095612/

3 arrested in copycat incidents of Phoenix freeway shootings

PHOENIX (AP) — Three teenagers were arrested Sunday for allegedly shooting at cars with a slingshot, but the incidents were not related to a recent string of Phoenix-area freeway shootings, authorities said. Arpaio also told reporters Sunday that a couple whose car window was shattered Saturday east of Phoenix noted a license plate number of a vehicle that allegedly pulled up alongside them. Nearly 30 people were shot then, and eight killed,...

Response by CPO Joseph Grant made Sep 13 at 2015 6:14 PM

2015-09-13T18:14:30-04:00

Glad they caught them. That's a special kind of stupid

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 13 at 2015 6:14 PM

2015-09-13T18:14:37-04:00

Media depictions fuel this along with TV shows.

Response by CSM Michael J. Uhlig made Sep 13 at 2015 6:59 PM

2015-09-13T18:59:26-04:00

The problems start at the home.....parents not involved in the kids life, not knowing what they are really doing, not having an open line of communication and then bamm, you got problems and had no idea why they did it.....I'd speculate the parent/parents of these young people are not very involved in their lives!