California dad opens fire as high school boys flee after egging his home, prosecutors say

[Zorro]

A San Mateo man is facing multiple felony charges after he allegedly opened fire at an SUV carrying three high school boys who had poured oil over his porch and egged his home, authorities said.

Craig Miceli, 54, told police officers that his daughter had been a victim of constant bullying at her high school and that he was infuriated by the pranksters’ antics, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office.

Prosecutors said the boys — two of them age 16 and another 17 — targeted the San Mateo home of a female classmate they did not like from Hillsdale High School.

First they spread oil over Miceli’s front porch on Friday. Then they returned in the early hours of Sunday morning and each threw an egg at his home.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-05-29/california-dad-opens-fire-boys-egg-house-prosecutors-say

[JBTaurus83]

1. Pretty stupid thing to do

when we all know how many trigger happy people are out there now. Obviously not condoning the shooter, but, those kids won't be doing anymore of that. I don't even like to pull into someone's driveway anymore.

[Jacson6]

3. I don't know.

People can be thick headed and refuse to change their ways even when it leads to bad consequences and results.

[Clouds Passing]

2. Bullying is psychological and physical abuse. The boys need consequences for their abusive behavior.

Not excusing the father’s behavior either.

[70sEraVet]

4. The kids were 16 and 17 -- the father was old enough to know better.

Lucky nobody got killed. Better ways to handle such a situation. The article doesn't mention if the guy reported the bullying to the school, or if he made a report to police about vandalism. It does say that he had an illegal automatic weapon, so maybe he's just the type of guy who solves problems by shooting at them.