The National Park Service said that it cited three German tourists for firing paintball guns throughout Joshua Tree National Park.
Three tourists from Germany have been cited after going on a paintball shooting rampage that defaced road signs, bathrooms and dumpsters throughout Joshua Tree National Park in California, park officials said. According to a press release from the National Park Services , on Sunday, a park ranger who was patrolling the Jumbo Rocks Campground at Joshua Tree National Park noticed 'fresh yellow paintball splatter on structures and signs.
Rangers also learned that at least 11 roadway signs along Park Boulevard from Jumbo Rocks campground to the Maze Loop Trailhead, two miles from the west entrance of the park, had been shot with yellow paintballs. The three individuals were charged with a federal violation notice for vandalizing, defacing, or destroying property.
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