[Shannon]

Even though it’s a good shoot, he will have to live with killing someone.

From the article and comments it looks like the shooter was a 14 year old boy protecting his 17 year old sister. This is in a rural area and from the picture the house looks isolated.

If it was either his sister or the thug breaking in, the end result may not be so hard for the kid to live with. For a kid who's properly trained on how to use a gun, if he'd done nothing and his sister was killed.....he'd never get over it.

[kalee]

.It is out in the county, not in town. We often drive on Lynnbank to go to Henderson when coming from Raleigh or Kittrell. I live in the next county.

[MediaMole]

Even though he clearly did the right thing, he will feel some pain. Good people don’t take lives without suffering.

I have a friend who is a police officer. He was forced to shoot and kill an armed man who was threatening his life. He’s a different person now, even though it was a totally justified shooting. He’s quieter, he doesn’t laugh as readily. It weighs on him.

This teen will have to work his way through this. He does need our prayers. He did the right thing, but it’s a difficult and life changing incident.