How can I make the Classic Roblox Slingshot not team-kill?

I am stumped. I played the slingshot with a kills leaderboard and it doesn't register kills. That is not what I am worried about but it probably ties in with my problem. You are able to kill members of your team with the slingshot and I want to stop it. I tried making the pellet color your team color and if it touches a player with the same team color, it won't do damage. It didn't work at all and I discarded it. For reference, here are the relevant slingshot scripts:

Pellet Script:

local debris = game:service("Debris")
pellet = script.Parent
damage = 8

function onTouched(hit)
	if not hit or not hit.Parent then return end
	local humanoid = hit.Parent:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid")
	if humanoid then
		tagHumanoid(humanoid)
		humanoid:TakeDamage(damage)
	else
		damage = damage / 2
		if damage < 1 then
			connection:Disconnect()
			pellet.Parent = nil
		end
	end
end

function tagHumanoid(humanoid)
	-- todo: make tag expire
	local tag = pellet:FindFirstChild("creator")
	if tag then
		-- kill all other tags
		while(humanoid:FindFirstChild("creator")) do
			humanoid:findFirstChild("creator").Parent = nil
		end

		local new_tag = tag:Clone()
		new_tag.Parent = humanoid
		debris:AddItem(new_tag, 1)
	end
end

connection = pellet.Touched:Connect(onTouched)

r = game:service("RunService")
t, s = r.Stepped:Wait()
d = t + 2.0 - s
while t < d do
	t = r.Stepped:Wait()
end

pellet:Destroy()

Slingshot Script:

Pellet.LeftSurface = 0
Pellet.RightSurface = 0
Pellet.TopSurface = 0
Pellet.Shape = 0
Pellet.Size = Vector3.new(1,1,1)
Pellet.BrickColor = BrickColor.new(21)
script.Parent.PelletScript:Clone().Parent = Pellet

function fire(mouse_pos)


	Tool.Handle.SlingshotSound:Play()

-- find player's head pos

	local vCharacter = Tool.Parent
	local vPlayer = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(vCharacter)

	local head = vCharacter:FindFirstChild("Head")
	if not head then return end

	local dir = mouse_pos - head.Position
	dir = computeDirection(dir)

	local launch = head.Position + 5 * dir

	local delta = mouse_pos - launch
	
	local dy = delta.y
	
	local new_delta = Vector3.new(delta.x, 0, delta.z)
	delta = new_delta

	local dx = delta.magnitude
	local unit_delta = delta.unit
	
	-- acceleration due to gravity in RBX units
	local g = (-9.81 * 20)

	local theta = computeLaunchAngle( dx, dy, g)

	local vy = math.sin(theta)
	local xz = math.cos(theta)
	local vx = unit_delta.x * xz
	local vz = unit_delta.z * xz
	

	local missile = Pellet:Clone()
        

		

	missile.Position = launch
	missile.Velocity = Vector3.new(vx,vy,vz) * VELOCITY

	missile.PelletScript.Disabled = false

	local creator_tag = Instance.new("ObjectValue")
	creator_tag.Value = vPlayer
	creator_tag.Name = "creator"
	creator_tag.Parent = missile
	
	missile.Parent = workspace

end


function computeLaunchAngle(dx,dy,grav)
	-- arcane
	-- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trajectory_of_a_projectile
	
	local g = math.abs(grav)
	local inRoot = (VELOCITY*VELOCITY*VELOCITY*VELOCITY) - (g * ((g*dx*dx) + (2*dy*VELOCITY*VELOCITY)))
	if inRoot <= 0 then
		return .25 * math.pi
	end
	local root = math.sqrt(inRoot)
	local inATan1 = ((VELOCITY*VELOCITY) + root) / (g*dx)

	local inATan2 = ((VELOCITY*VELOCITY) - root) / (g*dx)
	local answer1 = math.atan(inATan1)
	local answer2 = math.atan(inATan2)
	if answer1 < answer2 then return answer1 end
	return answer2
end

function computeDirection(vec)
	local lenSquared = vec.magnitude * vec.magnitude
	local invSqrt = 1 / math.sqrt(lenSquared)
	return Vector3.new(vec.x * invSqrt, vec.y * invSqrt, vec.z * invSqrt)
end




Tool.Enabled = true
function onActivated()

	if not Tool.Enabled then
		return
	end

	Tool.Enabled = false

	local character = Tool.Parent;
	local humanoid = character.Humanoid
	if not humanoid  then
		print("Humanoid not found")
		return 
	end

	local targetPos = MouseLoc:InvokeClient(game:GetService("Players"):GetPlayerFromCharacter(character))

	fire(targetPos)

	wait(.2)

	Tool.Enabled = true
end

script.Parent.Activated:Connect(onActivated)

Client Script:

local Tool = script.Parent

local MouseLoc = Tool:WaitForChild("MouseLoc")

function MouseLoc.OnClientInvoke()
	return game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer:GetMouse().Hit.p
end