Man arrested after shooting his former 66-year-old roommate with a paintball gun

A 32-year-old man was arrested for shooting his former, elderly roommate with a paintball gun, an arrest affidavit said.

Pierre Ashton Miller was charged with injury to an elderly person with bodily injury.

Police said the victim was sitting in his living room on May 24, when Miller entered the Zarzamora Street residence uninvited, the affidavit said. Miller then fired at least eight paintballs at the 66-year-old man, hitting him in the face, arm and torso. There was also pink paintball splatters on the coffee table and walls around the victim.

Miller told the victim “I am going to get you f– Mexican for locking me up and throwing me out of your house and firing my wife,” the affidavit said.

Police believe the attack was in retaliation for Miller getting arrested for a previous attack on the victim and his sister in April.

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During that incident, Miller allegedly punched the victim in the face after the victim’s sister asked Miller to move out of the apartment. Miller had allegedly become angry and gotten in the 67-year-old woman’s face so the victim stepped between them to prevent a fight. Miller then punched the man in the face, giving him a black eye and causing him to fall.

Both the victim and his sister are elderly and use canes to walk.

When police arrived to arrest Miller, he escaped by jumping over the balcony railing and wasn’t located by police.

Miller was finally arrested Thursday for both incidents, charged with three counts of injury to an elderly person and one count of retaliation. He is being held at the Bexar County Jail on a $90,000 bond.

Taylor Pettaway is a breaking news and general assignment reporter for MySA.com | [email protected] | @TaylorPettaway