Malicious Pranksters

There are 5, maybe 6, very sick, perhaps mentally ill, malicious teen-aged boys who on Halloween eve rode around in a black Jeep Wrangler, with the license plate covered over, in the area roughly bounded by Ventura Boulevard, Serrania Avenue, Wells Drive and Winnetka Avenue throwing raw eggs and shooting pellets at children on the streets who were trick-or-treating.

At least one boy was injured by a pellet in the side of the chest. Fortunately, there was no break in the skin, only a bruised body and a bruised psyche. Just think had the pellet gone into the eye and blinded the child.

Whoever these cowards are, they know themselves.

At the least one can hope the parent or parents of the adolescent driving the Jeep Wrangler know who he is and will ground him, take away his car and perhaps turn him in to the authorities. Should this happen, one who is so cowardly would be expected to turn in his accomplices before they graduate from pellet guns to more lethal weapons.

SYLVAIN FRIBOURG

Woodland Hills