14 year old shoots armed intruder while watching three younger siblings

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A 14-year-old Phoenix boy shot an intruder who broke into his home while brandishing a gun as the teenager watched his three younger siblings, police said.
The teen and his brothers and sisters were at home alone at their residence at 55th Avenue and Baseline when a woman rang the doorbell Friday. The teen didn't open the door because he didn't recognize her, Police Officer James Holmes said Saturday.

Soon after, the teen heard a 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 breaking through the front door and point a gun at him.

The boy shot the 37-year-old man, who is in critical condition but expected to survive and be booked into jail.

Holmes 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."


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/06/2...unger-siblings/?test=latestnews#ixzz1yebtHbvB

good for him
 
A 14-year-old Phoenix boy shot an intruder who broke into his home while brandishing a gun as the teenager watched his three younger siblings, police said.
The teen and his brothers and sisters were at home alone at their residence at 55th Avenue and Baseline when a woman rang the doorbell Friday. The teen didn't open the door because he didn't recognize her, Police Officer James Holmes said Saturday.

Soon after, the teen heard a 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 breaking through the front door and point a gun at him.

The boy shot the 37-year-old man, who is in critical condition but expected to survive and be booked into jail.

Holmes 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."


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/06/2...unger-siblings/?test=latestnews#ixzz1yebtHbvB

good for him
Kudos to his parents as well, for teaching him to remain cool.
 
i fired an air pellet gun when i was about his age at a college bully. freaking hilarious. the gun looked real. short story:

he punched me for no reason. i went and got a friend's air pellet gun and we waited for him to leave the house and when he did, i pointed the gun at him (all macho like and talked smack etc.... :)) and he shit his pants and ran like hell. my shot never hit him, but seeing him run was hilarious. btw....his friends were laughing their asses off after i fired the shot because they realized it was only an air pellet gun.
 
That is some mighty fine shooting kid, way to go. Little more time at the range and you will be dead on.

:good4u:
 
If the gun fraidy cats had their way, the kid and his siblings would all be victims because handgun ownership would be illegal.
 
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