Emergency room records show teen prankster shot in back

AP ^ | 11-03-03

[AAABEST]

BOCA RATON -- A 16-year-old boy killed during a seemingly innocent late-night prank was shot in the back, according to emergency room records.

The medical reports were released Saturday by the attorney for the teen's parents, who said they show he posed no threat to the neighbor who shot him.

Mark Andrew Drewes and a friend had been knocking on neighbors' doors and then running away Oct. 25. He was shot by neighbor Jay Steven Levin, 40, who told police he mistook the 6-foot-2 teen for a burglar.

"It shows he was running away," said the Drewes' attorney, Robert Montgomery. "Nobody was coming at (Levin)."

Montgomery announced Friday that he planed to file a wrongful death suit against Levin on behalf of Mark Drewes' parents, Gregory and Luciana Drewes.

Levin has not been charged in the shooting. His attorney, Bo Hitchcock, did not immediately return a phone message Sunday.

Mike Edmondson, spokesman for Palm Beach County State Attorney Barry Krischer, declined to comment on the hospital report.

Information from: The Palm Beach Post, http://www.pbpost.com

[Travis McGee]

And after these "pranks," nobody had the last laugh.

Nobody.

[mvpel]

And I go back and repeat my guess that this was not the first ring and run of the night, for the homeowner to have gotten to his shooting position while the kid was still in range.

Previous reports suggested that the punk had tied fishing line to the door knocker and was tugging it from the bushes.

[JoeFromSidney]

Please state for me a scenario where you have to shoot someone in the back.

If he had a gun and looked like he was running for cover, to shoot at me.

[Travis McGee]

Bad move! Nobody's laughing now.