Posted on 10/10/2006 2:57:37 PM PDT by billiamy
Police said a 14-year-old boy was defending himself and his mother when he shot and killed an intruder Monday afternoon at their home on Ocean Drive.
Capt. John Houston said the 14-year-old boy, whose name was not released, was home from school after becoming ill, and his 46-year-old mother, Rose Ann Kozlowski, had just returned from the grocery store when she was confronted by a man with a knife. ... After the robber caught the woman trying to untie herself once, she was able to free herself and her son and find her husband's pistol in a security box under the bed. She tried to shut double doors to the bedroom as the man tried to push them open and her son held the gun.
"She was using all her strength to push them," Houston said, adding that the boy aimed at the man through a space in the door and fired one shot.
"He shot once and hit him in the head, killing him instantly," Houston said. "He took a life-saving measure to save his mother and himself."
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Great shot...saved on ammo, too.
Posted yesterday, in real news.
Nice shootin' Tex!!
Nice shooting kiddo!
Schweet... Good job for him, I wonder if he'll get a medal or something.
Lot of luck involved in a shot like that.
Kid probaly had hours and hours of training on Call of Duty.
Nice shot. You saved at least two lives, maybe more.
What a good son! He should be given a hero medal from the local police for a job well done!
Attaboy!!!
Sounds like a natural for West Point!
Way to go.
Kid obviously has skill and judgment. A little sit down training to get the lingo right and I think he qualifies as part of the "well regulated militia" that is proved by this incident to be not only necessary to the security of his family and home, let alone a free state, but also clearly the only security one can count on. No police showed up in time, did they? And I wonder how many times this perp has been plea bargained out on the street after similar violence or release on parole as "rehabilitated?"
Well done lad!
His dad should be proud...
Sorry for the dupe, I did a search with the word "defending" and didn't find it.
The perp won't be terrorizing any more families.
Sounds like he had some training, too.
I can't imagaine how he must have been shaking. He could've accidentally shot his mother in the back. If the intruder was pushing the doors and the mother is pushing them back, I don't know how he dared fire that weapon.
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