Home alone, a 13-year-old boy gets in a shootout with two burglars, leaving one burglar dead
A 13-year old Ladson, South Carolina boy was home alone Tuesday afternoon when he spotted two men trying to break in at the back door. The boy who was studying an online course feared for his life and grabbed his mother’s gun. He fired at the burglars through the door and they fired back. The two men fled in a car with the boy running after them and continuing to shoot.
By the time their car arrived at Trident Hospital it was peppered with bullet holes. 31-year-old Lamar Brown of Summerville died at the hospital from three gunshot wounds. 28-year-old Ira J. Bennett of North Charleston was taken into custody and charged with first-degree burglary and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime.
The boy’s mother, who was at work during the shootout, kept the gun for protection and had taught the boy how to protect himself.
Investigating officers from the Charleston County Sheriff's Office found a Colt .45 pistol near where the boy said the burglars were trying to break in.
That boy should be the leading candidate for Ladson’s Citizen of the Year award.
1 comment:
If that was California both the mother and 13-year old would be in legal trouble. The mother for leaving a handgun where a minor could access It, and the kid for firing at the fleeing car. Maybe even for shooting through the door, though that is questionable. It does, however, seem that the kid can shoot.
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