A man named Dennis Wayne In Florida, he was fined $5,000 after shooting down a Walmart delivery drone he thought was spying on him.
According to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, the Walmart drone was shot in June. when police responded to a call at a Walmart store. Two store employees said someone shot at one of their drones, which was flying a test delivery. After this action, the attacker returned to the store with the damaged drone.
According to the court affidavit, when police arrived at Dennis Wayne’s home The 72-year-old defended himself, saying he heard the drone overhead while he was repairing his pool pump in his backyard.
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According to Wayne, he had previously seen drones flying over his house and believed that these drones were spying on him. “I took my 9mm from the safe and shot the drone,” Wayne told police.
According to Futurism, Wayne was fined for shooting a drone as a dangerous device and causing property damage, and was also prosecuted for firing a firearm in a public or residential place.