Police in Middletown are investigating after two middle schoolers were shot with gel beads shortly after getting off their school bus this week. The incident was reported Tuesday at about 3:20 p.m ...

PSO is aware of a trend in which individuals, often teens, shoot “Orbeez,” or water beads, from modified water or BB guns.

Orbeez shooting arrests Last week, sheriff’s deputies arrested Sean McMullen, 19, of Enterprise, accusing him of shooting an Amazon delivery driver with Orbeez beads on Cloudcroft Drive in Deltona.

PRICED OUT OF JAX: Jacksonville’s rental crisis featured on 60 Minutes In a Facebook post from the Fernandina Beach Police Department, it shows the type of guns being used with the Orbeez beads.

The incident appeared to be the latest in many from the "Orbeez Challenge.'" The so-called viral dare encourages people to shoot strangers with Orbeez gel beads from air guns.

Officers found the two teens in the car had two electric air guns with water beads, or Orbeez, inside. The teens were charged with disorderly conduct and possession of a dangerous weapon by a minor.

Orbeez shooting arrests Last week, sheriff’s deputies arrested Sean McMullen, 19, of Enterprise, accusing him of shooting an Amazon delivery driver with Orbeez beads on Cloudcroft Drive in Deltona.

READING, Mass. — Reading, Massachusetts, police are looking to identify a car and its occupants after a 10-year-old boy was shot in the face by water beads from an Orbeez gun on Friday.

Orbeez sells a box of 2,000 water beads and six tools labeled "Orbeez Challenge" for $17.49. The listing on the box is inspired by TikTok users who have experimented with Orbeez in safe ways.

BELOIT (WKOW) -- A viral Tik Tok challenge left a four year old in Beloit hurt and the people in his neighborhood angry. It's been dubbed the 'Orbeez Challenge' where toy guns filled with pea-sized ...

Departments have raised concern about the 'Orbeez Challenge' in recent days, and some have announced that it has led to arrests. The name of the challenge stems from a brand of gel beads that are ...