Corpus Christi Teen Kills Burglar In Home

KRISTV.com ^ | 10/09/06 | AP

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

A 14-year-old boy shot and killed a man who broke into his family's home Monday and threatened to kill him and his mother, Police Chief Bryan Smith said.

Smith said the man, whose name was not immediately known, confronted a woman as she was carrying groceries into her home shortly before 1 p.m.

The man forced her inside and tied her and her son up. Smith said the woman was able to loosen the binding and free her son, who got his father's revolver from a security box beneath a bed.

As the man tried to break into the room where the two were and threatened to kill them both, the teen fired a shot through the door and hit the intruder in the head, Smith said.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Done deal.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Ping...

[MarMema]

Get this kid a rifle shooting merit badge.
And I thought my son's aim was good.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

Good shooting kiddo!

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

he teen fired a shot through the door and hit the intruder in the head, Smith said.

Sounds like dad and son spent a little quality time at the range. Nice work.

[Slings and Arrows]

And the species improves. Hope the kid can cope.

[xcamel]

"sucks to be a thug in FL" ping

PS: "Gun Control" is punching the perp's ticket with the first shot.

[CCGuy]

Great shot and a wonderful service to us all. If more guns were in the hands of law abiding citizens there would be far fewer criminals doing stuff like this to begin with.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

"Hope the kid can cope."

Indeed. The kid's age is the worst part of this story. But, he knows that he saved his mom's life and I sure that will be a big help in his recovery from this.

[Cicero]

Good for him. This was a tough experience for anyone to go through at that age, but the fact that he saved his mother should help him pull through.

[NonValueAdded]

That it does but in this case, TX.

[doc1019]

One less piece of crap to worry about. Good (and fast) thinking and shooting.

[Flavius]

: )

[somniferum]

I'm glad that the family is safe and the perp got his due .. but..

My heart also goes out to that kid. I imagine that taking a human life, however justified you are, is going to be a heavy burden to bear. Even more so when you are 14.

[george76]

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

Well said. We need less people like the ex-criminal and more like the sharpshooter who protected his family and save countless others a similar fate.

[doc1019]

If they just let him alone and not try to help him with “psychobabble” he will be all right. At this point, family will be his greatest help.

[NickatNite2003]

Saving America from DimoGenerates, one
Criminal at a time!

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

the teen fired a shot through the door and hit the intruder in the head

LOL! This is right out of a Schwarzenegger movie.

[verum ago]

nice shooting? more like lucky-- the kid must have x-ray vision if he got the dude through the door. (not that I'm complaining about the result, though)