SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — The San Diego Police Department announced it has made three new arrests in connection to the string of gel pellet gun attacks in Hillcrest from over the summer. The attacks were reported right on University Avenue, leaving several victims.
But one victim says he can breathe a sigh of relief.
“It brings me some relief knowing that there’s three more people off the streets that were terrorizing our community,” says Eddie Reynoso.
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He was hit in the eye back in May in one of these attacks that police are investigating as possible hate crimes.
“This brings up a range of emotions,” he says. “I’m obviously angry, I’m grieving, but I also feel a lot of sadness.”
Months later, in September, more attacks were reported, leaving more victims. The latest suspects, all 19-years-old, now face multiple hate crime related charges related to the series of attacks.
“You know, you can call it a gel pellet gun, a BB gun, a toy gun — but at the end of the day, they were terrorizing our community,” Reynoso says.