“bfl” Agree that the HS person was most likely experiencing a wet dream about being a hero. Also, if you watch the news video there is a rather large women claiming the “weapon” was an “AK-47”. Sheeeeeesh.
Anyway I Google Earthed the location and see that the area has a lot of open fields and places he could have shot his air rifle. Also you can see that the location has only a few houses in a subdivision that appears to have been built before the real estate bust. Although I see where he probably assumed that there were few people around his mostly vacant subdivision and got away with his BB gun shooting activity until discovered by the HS super secret agent looking at one of the houses up for sale.
Enter this location into Google Earth:
Darbydale Crossing Lane, Houston, TX