Four 18-year-old Kennesaw State University students are facing felony aggravated assault charges after Kennesaw police said they fired Orbeez gel gun pellets from an SUV, striking a man and his truck multiple times near campus. The arrests of Marcus Campbell, Olumuyiwa Awe, Cole Endriss and Chandler Buchanan cap off an escalating fraternity rivalry that started with eggs and ended with police hunting down a vehicle involved in a string of drive-by pellet attacks.
According to FOX 5 Atlanta, investigators say the four students fired several shots from Orbeez guns, hitting a man and his truck multiple times. Police responded to West 22, an off-campus student housing complex on Bensman Lane near Kennesaw State, around 1 a.m. on November 12, 2026. The man told investigators that occupants of an SUV fired pellet guns at him while he was clearing his pickup truck, and that the vehicle left the area and returned approximately two more times.
Police eventually tracked down the SUV and arrested all four people inside, and Kennesaw State confirmed they were students. Investigators also said the group fired Orbeez pellets at another group at the complex, who retaliated by throwing eggs at them — a detail that places the arrests squarely inside a feud students have taken to calling the Egg War.
Charges Vary Among the Four Suspects
WSB-TV's reporting on the charges differs slightly by name: Endriss was charged with aggravated assault as a party to a crime, while Buchanan, Awe and Campbell were each charged with aggravated assault. The same report notes Buchanan also picked up a separate misdemeanor tobacco-possession charge. All four suspects have since been released from jail on bond, per the station's report.
The dossier of claims gathered from Kennesaw police investigators, Kennesaw State University officials and interviews with students sketches a rivalry that began online and grew physical over time. Henri Germaine said the feud escalated from social media posts to physical confrontations, and said the Interfraternity Council had already alerted students to stop the Egg War before the arrests. Germaine added that those facing criminal consequences should make better choices.
Mixed Reactions From Students and Neighbors
Not everyone close to the situation saw it the same way. Cassidy Murphy described the incident as funny fraternity drama, while Isabella Franca said she considered a misdemeanor more fitting than felony aggravated assault charges for what unfolded. Brooks Scarbrough, meanwhile, said the ongoing pranks worry nearby residents about getting caught in the crossfire — a concern that cuts against the lighter framing some students gave the rivalry.
Kennesaw State University released a statement saying it takes allegations of this nature seriously, and the school confirmed it is following established student conduct procedures to investigate the matter and determine next steps. University officials have not said which fraternity the four arrested students belong to.
How the University's Conduct Rules Could Apply
Kennesaw State's own misconduct procedures for the current academic year show the code can reach off-campus behavior under certain conditions. Per the university's Misconduct Procedures, the code may apply off campus when the Dean of Students or a designee determines the conduct affects a substantial university interest, including a threat to health or safety. The same procedures note that the university's conduct process will usually proceed notwithstanding a criminal complaint arising from the same incident, though that describes how the process works rather than any outcome for these four students. The procedures' definition of prohibited weapons specifically lists pellet guns among items designed or intended to propel a missile.
Part of a Wider Orbeez Pattern
This is not the first Orbeez-related arrest connected to Kennesaw. In a separate case, officers arrested a 15-year-old and a 16-year-old, charging both teens with aggravated assault and cruelty to children after FOX 5 Atlanta reported an 11-year-old boy was struck roughly 20 times by gel pellets while walking his dog. Law enforcement agencies elsewhere have repeatedly warned that shooting gel beads at unsuspecting people can cause injuries, spark panic and lead to criminal charges, according to CBS 12, which also cited a warning that the devices can be mistaken for real firearms.
A similar pattern emerged in Florida earlier this year, when two Seminole County teenagers were arrested after investigators connected them to alleged gel-blaster attacks on pedestrians in the Winter Springs and Oviedo areas, as reported by ClickOrlando. In one of those cases, a woman walking with her husband in Oviedo was shot at from a moving car and felt pain, and investigators there used a license-plate reader system to trace the suspected car to a high school parking lot.
Back in Kennesaw, students describe the Egg War as an ongoing battle between fraternities that began online before spilling into the streets near campus. With four students now facing felony charges and the university weighing its own conduct review, the rivalry that started with cracked eggshells has turned into a far more serious legal matter.
