14-year-old Phoenix boy shoots armed intruder

[deepwater]

http://news.yahoo.com/14-old-phoenix-boy-shoots-armed-intruder-181216213.html


PHOENIX (AP) — A 14-year-old boy shot and nearly killed an intruder who broke into his Phoenix home and pulled a gun on him while he was watching his three younger siblings, police said Saturday.

The teen and his siblings, ages 8, 10 and 12, were at home alone when a woman rang the doorbell Friday afternoon, Phoenix police Officer James Holmes said.

The teen didn't open the door because he didn't recognize the woman.

r, the teen heard a loud bang on the door, rushed his siblings upstairs and got a handgun from his parent's bedroom.

When he got to the top of the stairs, he saw a man break through the front door and point a gun at him.

The boy shot the 37-year-old man, who was taken to a hospital in extremely critical condition and underwent surgery. The man was upgraded to critical condition and is expected to survive and be booked into jail within the week on counts of aggravated assault and burglary, Holmes said.

He said the suspect did not get a shot off. He declined to release his name until he is booked into jail.

The woman who rang the home's doorbell got away.

Holmes hailed the teen's actions and his parents for teaching the kids to never open the door to strangers.

"The police and indeed our community does not ever want to see a situation where a teenager of that age has to take a weapon to protect his family ... but this young man did exactly what he should have done," he said. "I'm not sure he gave full thought about what he had to do. He just acted."

Holmes said that the gun the teen grabbed was his father's, but did not know whether the boy had been trained to use it.

He said the family, whose names were not released, is declining to speak to reporters about the ordeal, saying that they "are all pretty traumatized."

"The dad was pretty much out of his mind with distress, officers couldn't even talk to him," Holmes said. "It's going to take them a while to recover mentally."


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[Timothy]

I saw this earlier and thought how tragically different that could have been here in Massachusetts.  Leaving a firearm unlocked and loaded for a child to put their hands on is a criminal act here!  They'd rather have two or three dead young people instead of the teenagers ability to defend his siblings.

I hope he gets all the support he needs!

[deepwater]

I saw this earlier and thought how tragically different that could have been here in Massachusetts.  Leaving a firearm unlocked and loaded for a child to put their hands on is a criminal act here!  They'd rather have two or three dead young people instead of the teenagers ability to defend his siblings.

I hope he gets all the support he needs!

Amen...

[tombogan03884]

http://news.yahoo.com/14-old-phoenix-boy-shoots-armed-intruder-181216213.html


PHOENIX (AP) — A 14-year-old boy shot and nearly killed an intruder who broke into his Phoenix home and pulled a gun on him while he was watching his three younger siblings, police said Saturday.

The teen and his siblings, ages 8, 10 and 12, were at home alone when a woman rang the doorbell Friday afternoon, Phoenix police Officer James Holmes said.

The teen didn't open the door because he didn't recognize the woman.

r, the teen heard a loud bang on the door, rushed his siblings upstairs and got a handgun from his parent's bedroom.

When he got to the top of the stairs, he saw a man break through the front door and point a gun at him.

The boy shot the 37-year-old man, who was taken to a hospital in extremely critical condition and underwent surgery. The man was upgraded to critical condition and is expected to survive and be booked into jail within the week on counts of aggravated assault and burglary, Holmes said.

He said the suspect did not get a shot off. He declined to release his name until he is booked into jail.

The woman who rang the home's doorbell got away.

Holmes hailed the teen's actions and his parents for teaching the kids to never open the door to strangers.

"The police and indeed our community does not ever want to see a situation where a teenager of that age has to take a weapon to protect his family ... but this young man did exactly what he should have done," he said. "I'm not sure he gave full thought about what he had to do. He just acted."

Holmes said that the gun the teen grabbed was his father's, but did not know whether the boy had been trained to use it.

He said the family, whose names were not released, is declining to speak to reporters about the ordeal, saying that they "are all pretty traumatized."

"The dad was pretty much out of his mind with distress, officers couldn't even talk to him," Holmes said. "It's going to take them a while to recover mentally."


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DUH, what do you think ?
Good for the Kid.
As Tim posted he is lucky to live in a state that won't lock his parents up for this.

[twyacht]

Waiting for the bleeding heart types to start wanting to charge the Father for access to a handgun by a minor......

He better be ready for it.

Kudos to the kid....He did the right thing.

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[crusader rabbit]

The only sad part about this story is that the kid "nearly" killed the intruder.

Would have been better to get that scum out of the gene pool immediately and permanently.

Crusader

[deepwater]

The only sad part about this story is that the kid "nearly" killed the intruder.

Would have been better to get that scum out of the gene pool immediately and permanently.

Crusader

I don't know, I think it's good to have a witness to waterboard for information, remember, there was an accomplice.
(besides, I really just wanna try waterboarding somebody.) 

[tombogan03884]

I don't know, I think it's good to have a witness to waterboard for information, remember, there was an accomplice.
(besides, I really just wanna try waterboarding somebody.) 

I saw a video of it, some hot shot Journalist volunteered, "How bad can a wet face be ? "
He lasted about .03 seconds  and came up, "Oh my God, oh my God, I've never experienced anything so horrible in my life"
I laughed till I almost smothered.
I'll look for the link and post it.
Also heard about squirting pepper spray into the urinary tract as a conversation starter.
Insert a catheter and then squirt the pepper through it.

[deepwater]

I saw a video of it, some hot shot Journalist volunteered, "How bad can a wet face be ? "
He lasted about .03 seconds  and came up, "Oh my God, oh my God, I've never experienced anything so horrible in my life"
I laughed till I almost smothered.
I'll look for the link and post it.
Also heard about squirting pepper spray into the urinary tract as a conversation starter.
Insert a catheter and then squirt the pepper through it.

should we start another thread? colorful conversation starters?   

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[tombogan03884]

I will if I can find that video.