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Title: 14-year-old Phoenix boy shoots armed intruder
Source:
YN.com
URL Source: http://news.yahoo.com/14-old-phoeni ... -armed-intruder-181216213.html
Published: Jun 25, 2012
Author: AMANDA LEE MYERS
Post Date: 2012-06-25 21:26:02 by CZ82
Keywords: None
Views: 5066
Comments: 9
14-year-old Phoenix boy shoots armed intruder By AMANDA LEE MYERS – Sat, Jun 23, 2012... 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. Soon after, 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." He said police don't yet know what the suspect's intentions were and that will be one of the first questions they ask him when he is well enough to talk. "This was mid-block in a neighborhood, at 4:30 in the afternoon in summertime and children are there," he said. "They just took a heck of a gamble for this particular house, and we've got to try to figure out why." Holmes added that the family is lucky that the teen acted so swiftly and effectively. "As ugly as this is, and as much as this family is going through, we don't have injured children on our hands," he said.
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#1. To: CZ82 (#0)
Wow! I am so glad to know that there are many families who are teaching their youngsters how to defend their own lives and their family members. That being said, I pray the young man will find peace in his heart over having to react to a mortal threat and will know that he made the only choice that was the right choice that he could make. God Bless him in his hour of sorrow.
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My daughter lives in the surrounding area where this occurred. She said on Friday as she was coming home from work, there were heliccopters flying overhead but gave it no thought til the traffic jam. She managed to get home and found out later that there had been a shooting. I just talked with her and she said the intruder looks like he will pull thru, but he is in a world of trouble--not just plain old breaking and entering charges for him.
Whew....I've drawn just a few times on people in my many years as a reserve....with no projectiles flying. Just going to that step made me jittery with freakoutishness for days afterward. It'll be tough i bet ... but he'll someday realize what his instincts saved as he sees his siblings near him.
------always bet on black------
I can't imagine the aftermath of having to make such a courageous decision in such a split second in time. I thankfully have never had to react to such a threat. God willing never will have to. Sounds like you have been very lucky indeed being on the line as you are, or were.
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are good for something afterall...
To be, or not to be. That is the question...
May God Bless this courageous young man, for reacting swiftly and correctly to protect his family. For such a young man, this was a traumatic event. May God bless him with the wisdom to realize he reacted as he should have, and enable him to get on with his life. Regards, Stoner
That being said, I pray the young man will find peace in his heart over having to react to a mortal threat and will know that he made the only choice that was the right choice that he could make. Kids are pretty resilient, I have the sneeking suspicion he will be just fine. He has learned a valuable lesson at an early age, "Always be prepared"... One I hate to say he may have to use again because of where this country is headed!!
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Bad times! In a couple of years, today will look like the good old days. Regards, Stoner
#2. To: CZ82, SJN (#0)
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#3. To: CZ82 (#0)
#4. To: SJN (#1)
That being said, I pray the young man will find peace in his heart over having to react to a mortal threat and will know that he made the only choice that was the right choice that he could make. God Bless him in his hour of sorrow.
#5. To: e_type_jag (#4)
#6. To: SJN (#5)
I can't imagine the aftermath of having to make such a courageous
decision in such a split second in time.
#7. To: CZ82 (#0)
#8. To: Stoner, SJN (#7)
For such a young man, this was a traumatic event.
#9. To: CZ82 (#8)
" where this country is headed "
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