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Phoenix boy, 14, shoots armed intruder while watching three younger siblings


A 14-year-old Phoenix boy shot an intruder who broke into his home while brandishing a gun as the teenager watched his three younger siblings, police said.

The teen and his brothers and sisters were at home alone at their residence at 55th Avenue and Baseline when a woman rang the doorbell Friday. The teen didn't open the door because he didn't recognize her, Police Officer James Holmes said Saturday.

Soon after, the teen heard a 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 breaking through the front door and point a gun at him.

The boy shot the 37-year-old man, who is in critical condition but expected to survive and be booked into jail.

Holmes 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.

I am sure the parents will get charged with not having the weapon locked up, where children cannot get to it .

[Vince]

Surprised they didn't haul the kid off to jail and charge him with assault with a deadly weapon.

[itsrequired]

Originally Posted by EmptyTimCup

I am sure the parents will get charged with not having the weapon locked up, where children cannot get to it .

I'm sure they won't. Do you ever stop to think how ridiculous you sound?

[Merlin99 (Premo)]

Originally Posted by itsrequired

I'm sure they won't. Do you ever stop to think how ridiculous you sound?

If CPS had found the gun available to a kid this age then yes it would have happened, ridiculous sounding or not.

[ItalianScallion (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Vince

Surprised they didn't haul the kid off to jail and charge him with assault with a deadly weapon.

Fear not Vince; it wasn't in Maryland...

Originally Posted by itsrequired

I'm sure they won't. Do you ever stop to think how ridiculous you sound?

Who sounds what? Do you not know what liberalism has done to Maryland?

[itsrequired]

Originally Posted by Merlin99

If CPS had found the gun available to a kid this age then yes it would have happened, ridiculous sounding or not.

CPS doesn't charge crimes, the police do. gheez

[itsrequired]

Originally Posted by ItalianScallion

Fear not Vince; it wasn't in Maryland...

Who sounds what? Do you not know what liberalism has done to Maryland?

I know what people say it's done. I hear it all the time, but then see real life examples of where they are wrong. Case in point. People say all the time if you shoot an unarmed intruder in your home, you will get charged. Then we know if a case in St. Mary's County where a guy shot a college kid (on the porch of his house) and no charges were filed.

Supposition and real life are two different things.

[Roman]

Originally Posted by itsrequired

I'm sure they won't. Do you ever stop to think how ridiculous you sound?

What's so stupid about ETC's reply? Anything is possible these days, and without knowing all of the Children's ages that were in the house at the time of the Incident, you should never have a Gun in the house that is not properly secured. Who's to say that it wasn't? Maybe it was, none of us know at this point. Thank God it was a good outcome, and that the only person hurt, was the POS that took the Bullet.

[itsrequired]

Originally Posted by Roman

What's so stupid about ETC's reply? Anything is possible these days, and without knowing all of the Children's ages that were in the house at the time of the Incident, you should never have a Gun in the house that is not properly secured. Who's to say that it wasn't? Maybe it was, none of us know at this point. Thank God it was a good outcome, and that the only person hurt, was the POS that took the Bullet.

I didn't say it was stupid. Those are your words. Anything is possible any day. Having said that, it didn't happen. These stories get traded that the police and prosecutors are out to get people and their guns. While that is possible, it is the exception, not the rule. The statement is ridiculous because it didn't happen!

I will use your words though and say that ETC was stupid in writing what he did because this is the quote from the police who investigated the incident.

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."


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.

So instead of spouting off with his usual anti-government rhetoric, maybe he should have read what the police said about the incident?

[Merlin99 (Premo)]

Originally Posted by itsrequired

CPS doesn't charge crimes, the police do. gheez

Ooh you got me, they just bring them with. Did it make you feel better to get a technical win and still look like an ass?