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US: 11-year-old Omaha boy targets aircraft with laser pointer

An 11-year-old Omaha boy was said to have aimed a laser pointer at an airplane approaching Eppley Airfield, the largest airport in Nebraska. Police were not initially able to locate the perpetrator of the lasing, which occurred about 12:45 am on June 20 2013, approximately 14 miles southwest of the airport.

However, at 3:30 am, a caller told police that juvenile males -- one with a laser pointer -- had knocked on his door and then run away. The caller’s location was about a mile from the original laser incident search area.

Police responding to the call found the 11-year-old and the laser pointer nearby. He was booked and then later released to his mother.

From the Omaha World-Herald and Nebraska Radio Network