Phil Helsel is a reporter for NBC News.
AZUSA, Calif. — Neighbors of the 81-year-old man accused of being a “serial slingshot shooter” who terrorized his neighborhood for a decade by allegedly firing ball bearings through windows and windshields expressed shock at his arrest, a day before his sudden death on Wednesday. Prince King, who lived in Azusa, California, died of heart disease at a private residence, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner said on its website Thursday.
Neither the woman nor her lawyer returned calls to NBC News for comment. Jonasson said she did not recall ever seeing King with a slingshot, but she did see him once with a BB gun on his porch. “I asked him one time, ‘What are you shooting at?’ He told me it was coyotes,” she said. It’s not a far-fetched explanation. Coyotes are not uncommon in Azusa, population about 50,000, which calls itself “The Canyon City” because of its location at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains.
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