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Man fires airsoft gun at people near SkyBar, police investigating

The airsoft shooter is said to have shot the bullets in the downtown area near SkyBar late Tuesday night.
The airsoft shooter is said to have shot the bullets in the downtown area near SkyBar late Tuesday night.

Someone drove through downtown Auburn and shot an airsoft gun at people near SkyBar late Tuesday night, according to an email sent by Auburn University Campus Safety and Security at 12:20 a.m. Wednesday. 

Police are investigating several reports related to the incident.

The email says that the driver, an unidentified male, drove by the area in a dark-colored sedan, possibly a Nissan, and fired airsoft bullets — small, plastic pellets — at people in the downtown area near SkyBar several times around 11:30 p.m. There are no reports of injuries, according to the email.

Campus Safety encourages anyone with information about the incident to contact the Auburn Police Division via the division’s tip line at 334-246-1391.


Evan Mealins | Editor-in-chief


Evan Mealins, senior in philosophy and economics, is the editor-in-chief of The Auburn Plainsman.

@EvanMealins

ecm0060@auburn.edu


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