Apex Police say they have received a number of reports of being shot with a BB gun – and it stems from a viral TikTok challenge. Police say three people have been victims of the dangerous trend at Apex, so far.
THE BIGGEST RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON FUTURECAST? >> TONIGHT, POLICE ALERT ON A DANGEROUS TIKTOK CHALLENGE. 3 VICTIMS IN 3 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN APEX WERE SHOT WITH A SOFT AIR GUN. THANKS FOR JOIN US. I AM LENA TILLETT SAYS I AM GERALD OWENS. POLICE SAY WHAT HAPPENS HERE IS ILLEGAL IN VERY DANGEROUS. ALL NEW TONIGHT AT 10 WR IS LESLIE MORENO JOINS US LIVE FROM THE APEX AFTER SPEAKING WITH ONE OF THE VICTIMS WHO SAYS IT REALLY SHOOK HIM. LESLIE. >> GUYS, APEX POLICE SAY A TOTAL OF 3 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VICTIMS BY THIS DANGEROUS TIKTOK TREND HERE AT APEX ALONE. ONE OF THE MOST RECENT INCIDENTS HAPPENED LAST TUESDAY ON SALEM STREET, WHERE I STAND 3 BLOCKS WEST. I SPOKEN WITH ONE OF THE VICTIMS WHO SAYS A LEAF WAS SOMETHING TAKEN FROM HER. >> NANCY TAYLOR, 67, WAS WALKING DOWN SALEM STREET AS SHE ALWAYS DO WHEN SUDDENLY SHE HEARD WHAT SOUNDS LIKE A GUN IN HER EAR. >> AND THEN I JUST FELT MY BACK. GO ON FIRE BECAUSE I THEN CUT 3 TIMES. SHE IS ONE OF 3 APEX PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN SHOT BY THESE AIR SOFT GUNS NEXT POLICE DEPARTMENT BELIEVES THIS DANGEROUS TIKTOK CHALLENGE IS TO BLAME. >> AND THAT SINCE FEBRUARY, SIMILAR C 7 REPORTS EARLIER THIS MONTH, WE BROUGHT TO YOU THE STORY OF A WOMAN WHO WAS SHOT IN THE FACE WITH A SOFT AIR GUN WHILE WALKING WITH HER HUSBAND NEAR NORTH HILLS. >>APEX POLICE SAYS THESE ARE THE TYPES OF FIREARMS USED WITH THE SPEEDS THAT SPREAD THE WATER. >> THIS VIDEO SHOWS THE STRENGTH OF THE WEAPON. >> INCIDENT REPORTS SHOW ALL SUSPECTS ARE JUVENILES AND APEX CASES. TAYLOR IS JUST CRASH. SHE LEFT HER 17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER DANIELLE AT HOME THAT DAY BECAUSE I DID NOT KNOW WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE TARGETED HER. OR IF IT WAS JUST A TIKTOK CHALLENGE TO TAKE ON. >> PEOPLE SHE HAD SEVERAL SPIKES ON HER BACK AND WAS ABLE TO RECOVER AFTER A FEW DAYS. BUT HIS CONFIDENCE TO WALK IN HIS OWN NEIGHBORHOOD IS CHEDDAR. THEY HAVE REMOVED THAT FEELING THAT YOU CAN JUST GO ANYWHERE IN APEX AND WALK AND BE SAFE. SOMETHING SHE SAYS IS PRICELESS. I guess my message would be, you know, you’re disrupting people’s lives in their minds and their safety by doing that. >>APEX POLICE URGE PARENTS TO EDUCATE THEIR CHILDREN ABOUT THE DANGERS OF
