Posted on 09/04/2015 5:21:22 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
DETROIT (WXYZ) - Police say a 17-year-old remains in the hospital in critical condition after the young father he tried robbing shot him several times.
It happened late Wednesday afternoon near the corner of Warren and Grayton on the city's east side.
Angela Lanier tells 7 Action News her 24-year-old son Joe fired his gun when the teenager tried robbing him while he was sitting in his car. She says he was on the job as an exterminator when the teenager pulled a gun on him for his sunglasses.
Joe Lanier says, "The boy tried to rob me, and I shot him. That's what happened."
He also went on to say, "That's why he's in the hospital and not me."
His mom is interviewed:
"Maybe if you had taught him a little better, to respect other people, & get out here & get a job, it might not have turned out that way for him" "So if your children do not have any felonies, I advise everyone to pack. I pack, my sons pack, & we're all legal; with it."
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Good shooting, Citizen. Civilization thanks you.
Teen woke up stupid. Why armed robbery for sunglasses?
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