Phoenix boy, 14, shoots armed intruder while watching three younger siblings

[Gehrig]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/06/23/phoenix-boy-14-shoots-armed-intruder-while-watching-three-younger-siblings/

He shot an armed intruder while he was at home watching his younger siblings.

 

[RickStain]

That'll never get reported on.

 

[Ace]

Good job by the kid, but I suspect we will find there is more to the story.

Breaking into a house at 4:30 in the afternoon with a loaded weapon seems like a really dumb move unless you are out to get somebody.

 

[WS]

Too bad the intruder didn't die

 

[deskslave]

Good on him, but home invasions are virtually never random crimes.

 

[Ace]

Too bad the intruder didn't die

Keep your hopes up. Maybe he'll be paralyzed or in a coma for decades.

 

[LongTimeListener]

Good on him, but home invasions are virtually never random crimes.

Also probably not random that Pops had a gun and the kid knew where it was and how to use it. Something tells me there was something in the house besides the young'uns that dear old dad was trying to keep secure.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Good on him, but home invasions are virtually never random crimes.

Cops seem to agree according to the story.

"This was mid-block in a neighborhood, at 4:30 in the afternoon in summertime and children are there," he said. "They just took a heck of a gamble for this particular house, and we've got to try to figure out why."

 

[imjustagirl]

Good on him, but home invasions are virtually never random crimes.

Guess I'm the exception to the rule.

 

[Harry Doyle]

Good on him, but home invasions are virtually never random crimes.

Also probably not random that Pops had a gun and the kid knew where it was and how to use it. Something tells me there was something in the house besides the young'uns that dear old dad was trying to keep secure.

Orrrr... The father philosophically believes in owning guns for self-defense and home protection, properly trained his children in the event of an emergency and was rewarded in a crisis.

 

[Pilot]

Good on him, but home invasions are virtually never random crimes.

Guess I'm the exception to the rule.

Yeah, my family was also the exception to the rule. Amazing that we two rare exceptions happen to post on the same message board.

 

[Double J]

Too bad the intruder didn't die

Keep your hopes up. Maybe he'll be paralyzed or in a coma for decades.

Most likely, he'll sue the kid and win.