Boy, Aged 13, Home Alone Shoots Suspected Burglar With His Mother’s Gun

yahoo.com ^ | November 11, 2015

[grundle]

A suspected burglar was shot by a a 13-year-old boy who used his mother’s Colt. 45 pistol to defend himself while home alone.

On seeing a man entering the home through the back the young teen from Charleston, South Carolina grabbed the gun and fired at him to which the suspects are reported to have returned fire, .

The exchange of gunfire in the home with the two suspects resulting in Lamar Anthwan Brown, 31, receiving three gunshot wounds while his suspected accomplice Ira Bennett, 28, was later charged and arrested.

According to Charleston Police Department, the boy kept firing at the two suspects even when they fled the scene in a car resulting in gunshot holes in the vehicle.

Police stated that Bennett dropped fellow suspect Brown off at Trinity Hospital after fleeing the crime scene. Brown died of his wounds.

[FourPeas]

I just hope the 13 year old boy can deal with HAVING to take the life of another human.

That was my first thought, too. Many adults struggle with it.