A helicopter shot down by a laser in Vacaville, California
Read Time:1 Minute, 2 Second
The video shows someone shining a green laser at a California Highway Patrol helicopter in Vacaville, leading to the arrest, officials say.
Screenshot from California Highway Patrol video
A California Highway Patrol helicopter was repeatedly targeted with a green laser while helping conduct a nighttime search, but video from the helicopter led to an arrest, officials say.
[–>
The video shows two people standing beside a Toyota 4-Runner parked on the street outside an apartment building in Vacaville, according to a CHP post on Facebook.
[–>
One of the two repeatedly flashes the helicopter with a green laser, the video shows. The helicopter crew directs a Vacaville police officer to the apartments by radio.
[–>
“The one behind the 4-Runner’s lasing us,” the pilot says in the video.
[–>
The video shows the two people walking into the apartment.
[–>
Vacaville police later found the person with the laser and arrested him, CHP officers said. Shining a laser at an aircraft is a felony and a federal crime.
[–>
Lasers can cause temporary blindness or permanent eye damage.
[–>[–>[–>
Happy
0 %
Sad
0 %
Excited
0 %
Sleepy
0 %
Angry
0 %
Surprise
0 %
0
0
