No landline at his house? A 14 year old left to fend for himself, what, locked out of the house? No house key? Surely a latchkey kid has a house key. First impulse would be to call his parents. Sorry, story is full of holes and just does not add up.
No land lines? Half the people I know don’t have land lines. As for holes in the story, maybe so but I’ll wait for all the facts to come out before I pass judgment. Plus, it sounds like he shot at him while fleeing the property. If that’s the case, he’s in deep trouble. This isn’t the homeowners first incident with a firearm. From a local article: Court records show Zeigler was charged with felonious assault with a dangerous weapon, aiming without malice and felony firearms in 2006. He was found guilty of three counts of aiming without malice and sentenced to one year of probation.
I’m not saying the 14 year old wasn’t up to something, but as a CPL holder, which I am, it appears this guy may have went beyond protecting him and his wife. In Michigan, you have a right to protect yourself and others when you are in “imminent danger”. If it’s true that he was running away and he shot at him, the homeowner is probably in trouble. We shall see.