Homeowner shot a 14-year-old during burglary attempt. The 5 other teens with him were charged

yahoo.com ^ | August 14, 2019

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Full title: Homeowner shot a 14-year-old during burglary attempt. The 5 other teens with him were charged with murder

Five Chicago teens are being charged with murder after a 14-year-old who was with them during an attempted burglary was shot by the homeowner, authorities said Tuesday.

The group traveled in a stolen Lexus to an Illinois home where they were confronted by the 75-year-old homeowner, according to the Lake County Illinois Sheriff's Office. The man went out to investigate and told authorities he believed someone was trying to steal his car, a 2011 Audi.

"At least one of the male subjects advanced toward him with an unknown object in his hand," officials said in a release. "The homeowner feared for his life and discharged a firearm."

At least one of the rounds from the small caliber revolver struck the 14-year-old, and a knife was later found at the scene of the shooting. The homeowner called 911 to report the attempted burglary and shots fired, but by the time police arrived all of the suspects had fled.

[TMN78247]

According to our local Constable & the BCSD, EVERY day a householder in this county is forced to STOP an armed subject from completing a FELONY on the householder’s residence/business premises.
(As of 01AUG19, there have been 202 such “home defense incidents, with firearms” that were reported to LE agencies in our county, since 01JAN19. Obviously, there’s no way to know the number of such incidents wherein the police were not notified.)

Given that this is TEXAS where the vast majority of people have at least one firearm, you’d think that the criminals would “smarten up” & STOP trying to commit crimes or LEAVE Texas for a “safer place” to be a felon.
(In Bexar County, the most common firearm that is used for home protection is a pump-shotgun.)

In about 75% of cases, the incident ends without gunfire & with the criminal fleeing or in police custody. = In the about 25% of cases where gunfire does occur, about 40% end with the criminal(s) dead.
(Shotgun wounds at home defense ranges are usually lethal.)

Yours, TMN78247