14 year old shoots intruder.

[ctrwannabe]

14-year-old Phoenix boy shoots, critically wounds armed intruder

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.

 

[Greatscott]

I hate to hear that a kid that old had to be put in that situation, but it sounds like his dad trained him right.

 

[prusik333]

WOW!! 4:30pm they didn't even wait till dark.
My dad taught me how to shoot our 410 shotgun when I was that age & made me take a hunters safety course. Not to use it in self defence at that age but for wild dogs that use to attack our livestock. the dad kinda sounded surprised the boy even knew where the gun was, let alone how to use it??
Glad it turned out ok for the family"thumbsup"
Arm every household and teach all family members about gun safety"thumbsup"

 

[Devil Inc]

Justice was served on this, props to the young guy for protecting his siblings. So horrible that the family has to deal with something like this though.

 

[Hunter711]

"thumbsup"

 

[JeremyH]

What a sad thing for that kid to have to live with....

 

[Grandmasboy]

What a sad thing for that kid to have to live with....

Yes, but not as sad as living with the memory of a dead sibling.

 

[Hunter711]

What a sad thing for that kid to have to live with....

Perhaps. But he's living.

If I have to think if the line has been crossed or not, then I shoot first and ask questions later.

 

[JeremyH]

Yes, but not as sad as living with the memory of a dead sibling.

Perhaps. But he's living.

Agreed. "thumbsup" It's a shame that some piece of garbage put those children in that situation...

 

[Hunter711]

Only one rule in a gun fight:
Don't shoot to maim. Shoot to kill. Wyatt Earp's father.
SOB is lucky to be breathing.

 

[bob1961]

yeah not a nice thing to go through for the kid, but at least him and his family lived through it because of him "thumbsup" ....

just think how shit will be when our goobermint gets the usa like canada's gun laws :roll: ....no handguns at all for law abiding people, just thugs who will own them then :shock: ....plus all these people ya hear bout stocking up on ammo for all there handguns, won't do any good when shit hits the fan with new gun laws....those people will be crimminal's then and all efforts will be put on them to arrest them, cause they will be known where they are due to gun records when they bought them :roll: .......bob

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[SINister]

Rule #2 - Double Tap.

 

[alabamaman]

Rule #2 - Double Tap.

now this piece of sh$t will get off and have a law suit against the home owners ! I hate a thief . And any one that would harm a child is no longer a person in my book. if gun control worked , the places with the strickest laws would be the safest place . The safest place I know of is in Ga . were there is a gun per house law. crimminals pefer un armed victims , this guy would have much rather went in and robbed raped and posibly killed these kids , but no the poor victims had a weapon.

 

[crfrider250]

now this piece of sh$t will get off and have a law suit against the home owners ! I hate a thief . And any one that would harm a child is no longer a person in my book. if gun control worked , the places with the strickest laws would be the safest place . The safest place I know of is in Ga . were there is a gun per house law. crimminals pefer un armed victims , this guy would have much rather went in and robbed raped and posibly killed these kids , but no the poor victims had a weapon.

he cant touch the home owners with the law because he was inside their house hold and was threatened at gunpoint.
if someone was to come in my house while my parents were away id do the same thing to protect my brother!

 

[Burntnuts]

Rule #2 - Double Tap.

actualy Rule #2 is "Beware of Bathrooms"

Rule #4 was Double Tap

 

[Hunter711]

actualy Rule #2 is "Beware of Bathrooms"

Rule #4 was Double Tap

Could you please elaborate on that?

actually (2 L's) :roll:

 

[Deerhurst]

IMHO, all children should be taught to use a firearm proficiently. I am glad i was. My town is a small, 1500 people,town of gun toting hicks, i feel pretty safe here.

I commend that kid. Did exactly as he should have.

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[Burntnuts]

Could you please elaborate on that?

actually (2 L's) :roll:

Zombie land list of rules.


They also must have hidden my spell check. Found it "thumbsup"

BTW, just checked I am mistaken rule #2 is double tap

 

[losikid]

IMHO, all children should be taught to use a firearm proficiently. I am glad i was. My town is a small, 1500 people,town of gun toting hicks, i feel pretty safe here.

I commend that kid. Did exactly as he should have.

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Yea i live in one of the towns...it doesn't bother me at all. Hell, there's so many guns in my house it might scare someone if they walked in, they're everywhere, laying on the dinner table, leaning in the corner, laying on the couch, resting on a pair antlers....and enough ammo to fend off a small army plus all the reloading equipment and supplies to fend off a second one...plus miles of desert, BRING ON THE ZOMBIES:mrgreen:

Yea, kid did a good thing, hopefully there isn't some bullshit lawsuit that comes back on him or give him some sort criminal record.

Although i think if the guy was to live, both of the knees shoulda been shot out.