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Police: Md. man shot at couple with paintball gun

A teenager in western Maryland is accused of shooting at a couple with paintball guns.

Boonsboro police say 18-year-old Rockey Weston Rutherford of Keedysville faces charges of assault, reckless endangerment, malicious destruction of property and disturbing the peace.

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Police say a Boonsboro couple heard a knock at their door on the night of Dec. 12 and, upon answering, were shot multiple times with paintball guns by five teenagers. The Herald-Mail of Hagerstown reports that police later stopped a car driven by Rutherford, and found paintball and soft pellet guns inside.

Police say the other teenagers were referred to Juvenile Services, and that they're investigating similar incidents.

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