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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Several police departments have released statements about people using <keyword id="13205615" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="gel-blasters" source="Orion">gel blasters</keyword> to shoot <keyword id="13205616" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="orbeez" source="Orion">Orbeez</keyword>.</li><li>The hashtag #orbeezgun has over 24 million views on <keyword id="11894125" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tiktok" source="Orion">TikTok</keyword>, with similar videos popular on YouTube.</li></ul>A purported social media trend involving gel-shooting toy guns has led several police departments to warn that using the toys against others could be considered criminal.Police in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=laramie%20police%20department%20orbeez">Wyoming</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=winters%20police%20department%20orbeez">California</a>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/vernal.pd/posts/309298907901912">Utah</a> have released statements in the last two weeks about people using gel blaster guns, a type of toy that fires out tiny beads, to shoot other pedestrians or property. The most popular gel beads appear to be Orbeez, a product by Spin Master, which does not sell the guns themselves. The police releases called the craze a "TikTok challenge," although Insider was unable to verify whether the purported trend grew popular on that platform. There are many popular Orbeez- and bead-gun videos on both YouTube and TikTok dating back several years. The hashtag #orbeezgun has over 24 million views on TikTok, with multiple videos of people shooting each other with the toy and others showing viewers how to make the gel balls. People can purchase gel blaster guns for $50 to $100 on Amazon, the Gel Blaster website, and many other websites. "Spin Master does not manufacture or sell gel guns or any guns that shoot Orbeez," a spokesperson for Spin Master told Insider. "Orbeez are designed for educational, creative, and sensory play and are not intended to be used as projectiles or inserted in mechanisms such as those cited."Although Orbeez is advertised as a kid's toy, several police departments said that carrying or using so-called "Orbeez guns" would be considered criminal activity. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=laramie%20police%20department%20orbeez">Wyoming's Laramie Police Department</a> wrote on Facebook that these guns are "capable of inflicting injury" and discharging one "in city limits, for any age" would result in a fine of up to $750.<a href="https://www.ksl.com/article/50346423/utah-police-school-officials-warn-teens-away-from-orbeez-airsoft-gun-tiktok-challenge">Police in Tooele, Utah, told KSL.com</a> on February 10 that three bead-shooting incidents occurred at Tooele High School in early February, including one where a projectile was lobbed at a teacher and another where "a girl's arm was grazed with a pellet," police said.The recent <keyword id="11893589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news" source="Orion">news</keyword> reports and police warnings follow an incident in December when a 14-year-old Florida middle schooler was charged with a felony after he allegedly shot a 12-year-old with a toy blaster from a vehicle while she was walking home from school, according to the <a href="https://www.volusiasheriff.org/news/volusia-county-sheriff/sheriffs-detectives-charge-teen-with-shooting-classmate-with-toy-gun.stml">Volusia County Sheriff's Office</a> in Florida.TikTok did not respond to a request for comment.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>David Dobrik is revving his entrepreneurial engine after the successful mobbed launch of Doughbriks.</li><li>His most recent ventures include a candle collab with Marvel and a glow-in-the-dark toy gun.</li></ul>Amid last month's <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/viral/david-dobrik-pizza-doughbrik-opening-rcna56937">mobbed opening</a> of his Los Angeles pizza shop Doughbriks, controversial vlogger David Dobrik continues to engineer a business comeback. And he's aiming to do it with a toy gun that shoots glow-in-the-dark gel pellets.Dobrik announced the $70 gadget — ostensibly the nightmare of parents everywhere, given its propensity for furniture splatters and eye injuries — <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl1sL-hjP5x/">on Instagram</a> on Tuesday."I made a TikTok for Gel Blaster, and now they finally sent me a custom package," Dobrik said in his Instagram video as he revealed his toy gun collaboration with the company. He then shuts the lights off in his living room as friends engaged in a shootout.Gel Blaster is a company known for creating paintball-style guns that use water-based "gellets." The company Gel Blaster says all guns come with safety glasses and claims its water pellets disintegrate on impact with a biodegradable formula that's easy to clean. The limited-edition toys are being exclusively sold <a href="https://affiliate.insider.com?postID=6390c3a13864672e7f09c1e9&amp;site=in&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.walmart.com%2Fip%2FGel-Blaster-David-Dobrik-Starfire-Limited-Edition-Water-Based-Gel-Blead-Blaster%2F1246100410">at Walmart</a>.While Dobrik remains somewhat active on Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok, his flagship YouTube channel has been dormant for months in light of a series of scandals last year.In March 2021, Insider published an <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/vlog-squad-durte-dom-rape-allegation-david-dobrik-zeglaitis-video-2021-3?_ga=2.114481415.1475106770.1670249255-1377565445.1666638030">investigation</a> into sexual assault allegations against fellow YouTuber Dominykas Zeglaitis, where the alleged incident happened during an evening when Dobrik was filming footage for his own channel. The victim said Zeglaitis and Dobrik supplied her and her friends with copious amounts of alcohol, and she was too incapacitated to consent to sex.Earlier this year, another former Vlog Squad member <a href="https://www.insider.com/jeff-wittek-david-dobrik-why-friendship-end-2022-2">Jeff Wittek</a> sued Dobrik for a video stunt that resulted in severe eye injuries. But in recent months, the 26-year-old influencer appears to be re-revving his entrepreneurial engine. Two weeks ago, Dobrik announced a collaboration with Marvel for <a href="https://infinitystonescents.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAkMGcBhCSARIsAIW6d0ASV5zyTBPG8UL5mk41Ww0rQz6Ci-PB-WD4dqtd3q-rhVhWfAYlAuIaAhxiEALw_wcB&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds">$40 candles</a> inspired by the lore of the publisher's Infinity Gems, powerful artifacts that enable users to control different aspects of the universe, like time and space.Forbes <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomward/2022/08/24/david-dobrik-is-taking-the-business-world-by-storm/?sh=407856da546a">reported in August</a> that Dobrik is a partner in two other nascent businesses: Happy Hour Tequila Seltzer and Xeela Fitness, and a health supplement line he cofounded with his childhood friend Ilya Fedorovich.Insider has reached out to Dobrik for more information.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>An off-duty corrections officer was arrested on charges of murder, manslaughter, and criminal possession of a weapon.</li><li>Dion Middleton fatally shot an 18-year-old on Thursday morning, New York City police said.</li></ul>An off-duty corrections officer was charged with murder hours after an 18-year-old man was fatally shot in the Bronx, New York City police said.The officer, Dion Middleton, shot the victim, Raymond Chaluisant, in the face in the early hours of Thursday morning, police said, per <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/21/nyregion/nyc-officer-charged-fatal-bronx-shooting.html">The New York Times.</a>Middleton was arrested on charges of murder, manslaughter, and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with the shooting, police said. He pleaded not guilty and was released on bail, according to <a href="https://abc7ny.com/bead-blaster-shooting-bronx-correction-officer-arrested-charged/12066707/">ABC News</a>.Middleton, who was hired as a corrections officer in 2013, was suspended immediately without pay, said the Department of Correction's commissioner Louis Molina, per <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/18-year-old-toy-gun-fatally-shot-corrections-officer-nyc-police-say-rcna39540">NBC News. </a>"These very serious charges are in no way a reflection of the officers who work to keep our city safe every day," Molina said, according to the media outlet.Chaluisant was taken to Saint Barnabas Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, NBC <keyword id="11893589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news" source="Orion">News</keyword> reported.Police did not describe a motive but said they found an <keyword id="13205616" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="orbeez" source="Orion">Orbeez</keyword> gun in the vehicle. Chaluisant was a passenger in the car, per ABC News.There is no evidence that Chaluisant had fired or aimed the <keyword id="14535486" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="toy-gun" source="Orion">toy gun</keyword> at anybody, police said, per The New York Times.Orbeez guns shoot soft gel beads filled with water, and, in recent months, they have become part of the <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/03/16/1087003808/the-orbeez-challenge-is-causing-harm-in-some-communities-police-warn">TikTok #OrbeezChallenge trend.</a>Shortly after the shooting, the <a href="https://twitter.com/NYPDnews/status/1550250200807112704?s=20&amp;t=WwFxe2XAUf7QnFOHaMafXQ">New York Police Department tweeted</a> that these types of guns are forbidden in New York City."Bead Blasters shoot gel water beads propelled by a spring-loaded air pump, making them an air rifle. Air rifles are a violation in NYC &amp; are unlawful to possess," said the tweet."Violators found in possession of these will be issued a criminal summons &amp; the weapon will be confiscated," the tweet continued.Several other police departments have warned that using Orbeez toy guns could be considered criminal, <a href="https://www.insider.com/police-departments-warn-about-purported-orbeez-gun-trend-2022-2">Insider reported.</a>Chaluisant's mother told ABC News that she was in disbelief about how her son had died. "The kids were playing with water guns," she said. "They were playing with water guns. Somebody killed them."Insider contacted the NYPD for comment on Saturday morning but did not immediately receive a response.

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