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Slingshot-wielding boy saves his eight-year-old sister from being abducted after shooting man with 'black mohawk' in the head and chest
Daily Mail ^ | 5/12/23 | Stephen M. Lepore

Posted on 05/13/2023 6:03:20 AM PDT by CFW

An eight-year-old girl was rescued after her brother shot a 17-year-old kidnapper with a sling shot in Michigan.

The girl, who has not been identified, was on a mushroom hunt near the woods just outside of Alpena Township in the northern part of the state, police say.

The victim's uncle posted on Facebook that the 17-year-old male suspect had a 'black mohawk' and had come out of the woods, covered the young girl's mouth and then tried to drag her away.

Her 13-year-old brother saw the tussle from inside the family's home and took action, grabbing his slingshot and firing objects at the would-be kidnapper's head and chest.

'That caused him to let go,' said Lieutenant John Grimshaw, commander of the local post of the Michigan State Troopers.

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The victim's brother was credited for his heroism and making it easier for police to identify the suspect.

'What he did also helped us to identify who the suspect was, because obviously he had injuries from getting hit with a slingshot,' Grimshaw said.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: actions; alpenatownship; banglist; corrupt; crime; facebook; johngrimshaw; society; stephenmlepore
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Good for the big brother!
1 posted on 05/13/2023 6:03:20 AM PDT by CFW
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great story! Glad to read that.


2 posted on 05/13/2023 6:05:38 AM PDT by ronniesgal (friends don't let friends be Kardashians)
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To: CFW

Alvin Bragg is recommending prosecution.


3 posted on 05/13/2023 6:08:06 AM PDT by Sarcazmo ("Sarcasm is the highest form of wit" ~ O. Wilde)
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Sorros DA to charge kid with assault and battery with a deadly weapon...


4 posted on 05/13/2023 6:09:53 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Sarcazmo

GMTA


5 posted on 05/13/2023 6:10:38 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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The brother will soon be arrested for saving his sister. Pretty sure it’s illegal to use an assault slingshot to save someone from being assaulted. This could be the beginning of a protest against slingshots and their use in the commission of an assault against an assaulter! And when we all wonder how the justice system became so convoluted just remember...”elections have consequences”. Even the election of your local prosecuters.


6 posted on 05/13/2023 6:13:21 AM PDT by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" L.Star )
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To: Sarcazmo

Alvin the Hutt would be if this had occurred in New York City!


7 posted on 05/13/2023 6:14:09 AM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Magnum44

I wouldn’t be surprised if that happens.


8 posted on 05/13/2023 6:14:31 AM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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Alvin is a weaponized Negro


9 posted on 05/13/2023 6:14:59 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day )
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The abductor said he wanted to take her away and severely beat her!! How evil!

Her brother was amazing with that slingshot.


10 posted on 05/13/2023 6:15:15 AM PDT by KittyKares
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liberal lawmakers will they propose laws banning slingshots now?


11 posted on 05/13/2023 6:15:27 AM PDT by rolling_stone
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If it were in NYC the kid would be in jail, awaiting trial.


12 posted on 05/13/2023 6:17:40 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The media is the most subversive and harmful institution on the planet. )
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Good thing it was an AR “assault” Glock “automatic” slingshot. I just hope one of Michigan’s pancake mama prosecutors don’t charge the slingshot kid.


13 posted on 05/13/2023 6:18:39 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Since O'Bama was ruling the roost, America has gone from melting pot to septic tank of the world.)
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DA will prosecute slingshot boy and let the kidnapper go.


14 posted on 05/13/2023 6:19:45 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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we need to bring back public executions


15 posted on 05/13/2023 6:20:05 AM PDT by imabadboy99
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I never had a BB gun as a kid (probably a good thing) but to compensate, I got quite proficient with a slingshot. My dad never did figure out where all his 1/4” hex nuts went ;-) And speaking of that, if it became necessary to use it in self-defense, I figure a nutshot would be easier to make than an eyeshot...and have similar effectiveness.


16 posted on 05/13/2023 6:20:50 AM PDT by bigbob (Q)
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Sorros DA to charge kid with assault and battery with a deadly weapon...

Bragg will also charge the parents for contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

17 posted on 05/13/2023 6:23:25 AM PDT by Labyrinthos
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There’s an old video on YouTube of an older man with a slingshot blasting hand tossed coins out of the air.


18 posted on 05/13/2023 6:23:33 AM PDT by RandallFlagg ("Okay. As long as the paperwork is clean, you boys can do what you like out there." -Fifi)
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17 year old... slap on the wrist, he’ll be back. Maybe he’ll come up missing at some point. 200 years ago he might have been flogged into lunacy, chain ganged, or well hanged. Nowadays he will become something to fret over.


19 posted on 05/13/2023 6:24:33 AM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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When perverts and predators are subjected to physical pain, they back off quickly. There is no nice way to deal with them.


20 posted on 05/13/2023 6:25:35 AM PDT by allendale
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