My theory is that you have to be standing in a very select number of places to be able to shine a laser at a pilot.
The pilots call it in, the airport police go to the vacant lot at the end of the runway and arrest the perp.
It looks like he compounded malice with stupidity. He also shined his laser at a police helicopter that went to see what was happening. (Not that he could tell it was police helicopter.) The cops saw him shining the laser, had night vision equipment, and dispatched ground units while they kept him in sight.