Five teen-agers from New Orleans arrested after a series of incidents in Chalmette in which two people were struck by shots from a BB-gun and others were fired upon

Five teen-age males from New Orleans were arrested in Chalmette after a series of incidents in which several people were struck by shots from a BB-gun, Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

The names of the five weren’t released because they are all juveniles.

A 31-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman were hit by BB shots on Pakenham Drive in Chalmette in separate incidents minutes apart, but neither were seriously injured, the sheriff said. The incidents happened early Sunday evening, May 11.

The man was struck by three BB shots when the group of teens tried to rob him in the 2300 block of Pakenham but he didn’t turn over any money. The woman was also hit by three BB shots when they tried to force her off a bicycle in the 2400 block of Pakenham, Sheriff Pohlmann said.

The teens also fired a BB-gun at but didn’t hit several others in separate incidents, including a woman in a car, a man outside a residence and two juveniles who were outside their home, the sheriff said. Several BB shots hit the vehicle the woman was driving, Sheriff Pohlmann said.

The teen-agers, one 16 years old, two who are 14, a 13-year-old and one 11, were arrested on charges ranging from attempted robbery and aggravated battery to resisting arrest and criminal damage to property.

All were arrested by deputies in the Patrol Division shortly after residents called in about the incidents. The five were booked into the parish Juvenile Detention Center.

The BB gun used in the incidents wasn’t found, the sheriff said.

The 14-year-old, who was the first of the group to be caught, had BBs and CO2 propellants on him when taken to the detention center.