Article: 2 Held In Drive-By Blowgun Shootings: One Victim Said He Suspected A Paintball Attack, `But Then I Looked Down And Saw The Needle.'.

Byline: Ken Byron

Feb. 24--Primitive as it is, a blowgun is now on the list of things people use in drive-by shootings. In an incident that at first left police incredulous, two men were charged Thursday in Southington with shooting a man in the leg with a blowgun. Police said the man was shot as he walked out of a store on Queen Street. The man was one of three people shot apparently at random in the space of half an hour Thursday in Plainville and Southington. In all three cases, the attackers drove past their victim as they fired, police said.

Police in Plainville said two people were shot with blowgun darts there shortly before the ...

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