Zbigniew (Jack) Pawlowski

Zbigniew (Jack) Pawlowski took his two children and a pellet gun to Ditmars Park in Astoria. After firing at a tree, he allowed his daughter to ride her bike around the park, aiming the weapon at 2-year-olds.

He was charged with reckless endangerment, endangering the welfare of a child and resisting arrest.

Police training

A nationwide ammunition shortage has prompted many California police departments to find alternatives to using live firearms in training exercises, CBS San Francisco reports.

“Everybody is fighting for what is seems like a shrinking amount of ammunition out there,” said Lt. Louie Tirona, a firearms and tactics instructor for the Richmond Police Department who came up with the idea to use professional-grade airsoft guns in training drills.