Posted on 11/27/2008 7:53:58 AM PST by marktwain
ASHTABULA — A 15-year-old shot a burglar late Friday night after the burglar and two cohorts broke into the teen’s West Side home, police said Monday.
The teenager and his 14-year-old brother were home alone when three men came to the house, police said. The teens recognized two out three of the men, according to their mother, who spoke with the Star Beacon Monday.
The identities of the teens is not being disclosed because they are juveniles. The identity of their mother is not being disclosed to protect the teens.
When the boys refused to let the men in the house, one of the men took the butt of a shotgun and smashed the window out of the front door, police said.
That’s when the older boy ran upstairs to retrieve his father’s handgun, his mother said.
In the meantime, the intruders told the younger teen they would kill both of them if he didn’t open the door, the mother said.
“They held a gun to his head,” she said.
Sgt. John Koski said the 15-year-old came down the stairs and shot one of the intruders in the leg. The men then took off.
“The bullet went in the leg and out through his buttocks,” the mother said.
The teens’ parents soon returned home from the store and a relative’s house, and police were called to the scene, the mother said.
In the meantime, police received a call from Ashtabula County Medical Center that a 21-year-old city man showed up with a gunshot wound to the leg, Koski said.
“He said a kid accidentally shot him,” he said. “The wound was in the exact place the 15-year-old said he shot the intruder.”
Police arrested and charged the 21-year-old man with aggravated burglary, a first-degree felony; attempted felonious assault and having a weapon under disability, Koski said, noting the suspect is a known felon.
The suspect’s name is being withheld until his arraignment.
As of Monday afternoon, police were securing warrants for the other two suspects, Koski said.
No charges will be brought against the teen, police said.
The mother said the men told the boys they wanted money.
In California, I would be in jail ad three perps would be worm food.
And in MA, NYC, DC, Chicago, Philly, etc. The state views self defense as a much more serious crime than burgulary or assault, because if you have the will and the means to defend yourself from unorganized thieves, then
This story sounds effed up.
How did they get a gun to the kids head if they were locked outside?
...........and worse.......you might have a gun.
This happened about 20 miles from me. Ashtabula is one of the poorest counties in Ohio.
The Star Beacon is a small county paper typically runs about 1 to 15 pages daily most of which are sports and classifieds
I am surprised that some one in Arizona is looking up Ashtabula news on the internet. Are you from the area?
Kudoes to the kid, but he needs time at the range. His aim's just a hair too low.
Hey kid - good job! Next time, aim for center-body mass!
you can't blame the kid for not aiming at the center of mass as you or I would have done. But I forsee the criminals coming back for a bit of revenge. When they're dead, the only thing that happens is that you see their mommas telling everyone on the news that their wonderful chillun didn't deserve to die, and that the homeowner overreacted, etc. But the fact remains, the recidivism rate among dead robbers is very low.
Yes - can't have the serfs on equal footing with the jackboots now can we?
Broke the window in the door, put the barrel through the window and pointed it at the kid’s head. Sheesh!
Of course!
our old family farm used to be there, spent all my summers as a teen there - know the area well. The name jumped right out at me.
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Kudoes to the kid, but he needs time at the range. His aim's just a hair too low.
He missed the "bridge of the nose shot" in my opinion.
“When they’re dead, the only thing that happens is that you see their mommas telling everyone on the news that their wonderful chillun didn’t deserve to die, and that the homeowner overreacted, etc.”
agreed
“But the fact remains, the recidivism rate among dead robbers is very low. “
“And keep firing until they quit complaining.”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. i never thought of it that way..
I guess you’re talking about a minor possessing a handgun. Actually, it looks like he could do so legally, if he has written permission from a parent or guardian.
The story ended well enough. Imagine if there hadn’t been a gun in that house... We’d be reading yet another story of kids murdered in a robbery.
http://www.keepandbeararms.com/
This is exactly the type of story that is regularly spiked by the MSM. That makes it all the more important to get the word out.
Who knows how many stories like this occur in the urban centers, and are routinely spiked by the MSM?
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