Drive-By Slingshot Duo Busted After Smashed Windows Plague Tampa

TAMPA, Fla. — A multi-day streak of shattered glass and rattled nerves in Seminole Heights came to an end Wednesday after police tracked down two men accused of weaponizing a slingshot from a pickup truck.

Tampa police booked 38-year-old John Horner and 42-year-old Anibal Rios-Mulero following a string of car attacks reported between Sunday and Tuesday.

The investigation took off around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, when officers were called to the 7100 block of North Nebraska Avenue. A driver reported their rear windshield suddenly blew out. While flying glass showered the vehicle, no one was injured…

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