DANGEROUS CHALLENGE | Teenagers are targeting people in “drive-bys,” shooting them with small water beads. Police in Fernandina Beach, and across the country, are now warning the community about this dangerous social media trend.
It’s called the “Orbeez challenge.” It encourages kids to shoot strangers and each other.Orbeez is a specific brand for these water beads and the guns used to shoot them. Not meant to be harmful but also not meant to be shot out of anything.As a part of this trend, kids are also modifying these beads to make them more painful if someone is struck by them.Police say no one was hurt but all of the people involved were identified and released to their parents.
Another concern is that the toy guns used in the challenge could be mistaken for the real deal – and could lead to more serious shootings. Police want parents to talk to their kids about how this prank – could have dangerous – and even deadly results.
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