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A 72-year-old man in Florida has been arrested after shooting a Walmart delivery drone with a 9mm handgun.

As Business Insider reports, Dennis Winn was taken into custody by the local Lake County Sheriff's Office after receiving a complaint.

"A bullet hole was discovered in the payload the drone was carrying," reads a Facebook update by the police department. "Witnesses identified the defendant, Dennis Winn, and directed deputies to his residence, the incident location."

Winn, who reportedly believed he was being surveilled by the drone, is facing a number of charges including shooting at an aircraft, criminal mischief, and discharging a firearm on public or residential property, according to the sheriff's office.

The incident highlights the many obstacles companies like Walmart and Amazon are facing in deploying drones that can complete last-mile deliveries. Beyond technical limitations, regulatory hurdles, and extreme weather greatly impeding their rollout, local residents clearly aren't smitten with their noisy, airborne new neighbors.