Early Candidate for Time's Person of the Year? Vol. Cojones

[scott frost]

A 14-year-old Phoenix boy shot an intruder who broke into his home while brandishing a gun as the teenager watched his three younger siblings, police said.

The teen and his brothers and sisters were at home alone at their residence at 55th Avenue and Baseline when a woman rang the doorbell Friday. The teen didn't open the door because he didn't recognize her, Police Officer James Holmes said Saturday.

Soon after, the teen heard a bang on the door, rushed his siblings upstairs and got a handgun from his parent's bedroom. When he got to the top of the stairs, he saw a man breaking through the front door and point a gun at him.

The boy shot the 37-year-old man, who is in critical condition but expected to survive and be booked into jail.

Holmes said the suspect did not get a shot off. He declined to release his name until he is booked into jail.

The woman who rang the home's doorbell got away.

Holmes hailed the teen's actions and his parents for teaching the kids to never open the door to strangers.

"The police and indeed our community does not ever want to see a situation where a teenager of that age has to take a weapon to protect his family ... but this young man did exactly what he should have done," he said. "I'm not sure he gave full thought about what he had to do. He just acted."

Holmes said that the gun the teen grabbed was his father's, but did not know whether the boy had been trained to use it.

He said the family, whose names were not released, is declining to speak to reporters about the ordeal, saying that they "are all pretty traumatized."

"The dad was pretty much out of his mind with distress, officers couldn't even talk to him," Holmes said. "It's going to take them a while to recover mentally."

He said police don't yet know what the suspect's intentions were and that will be one of the first questions they ask him when he is well enough to talk.

"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."

Holmes added that the family is lucky that the teen acted so swiftly and effectively.

"As ugly as this is, and as much as this family is going through, we don't have injured children on our hands," he said.

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[dnycemodel]

 

[omgitswes]

The kids will probably need to see a counselor now.
Still though situation could of been a lot worse, nice quick thinking from the boy

 

[chicagokid23]

Props to kid

 

[born illa]

Welp. That's 'murica for you 

 

[freeze]

hope the guy wasnt hispanic or this could get ugly lol.

 

[jokey iii]

Smart kid

 

[dallassneakerhead08]

Kick in my door we gon shoot it out all night

 

[bkzkurse]

Sad this has to happen. No matter what age you are and the circumstance - an innocent teenage boy had to fire a handgun at another human being - that will affect him for the rest of his life. Firing a gun at another person is not an easy thing to recover from - especially in a traumatic situation such as breaking and entering. The children and family will forever be scarred from this.
Very sad indeed. 

 

[matt53]

This is gonna affect him for the rest of his life, I don't envy him at all. Props for stepping up though, what a champ.

 

[dman14]

bowt that life

not gonna kill the man, but woulda pistol whipped him after he was down.

 

[degenerate423]

Hope they catch the ++!+! that was in on it too 

.  Props to the kid for handling the dude and not going overboard

, I know my adrenaline would've had me empty a round on the dude and probably chase the girl too.  And with these laws, I would've caught a case

...

 

[wallyhopp]

Not everyone has guns. So that's a a bit scary what would have happened. Does he see the kids and run away? Does he shoot them all? The kid has to look at it from that perspective. He saved all of his other siblings. Next time he'll aim for the head and stop wasting tax payer dollars

 

[bishopstrongbow]

It aint gonna effect em, he a young warrior, he did what he had to do to protect his family.

Rare to find Adults that think so quickly, and in this situation do the right thing, let alone find a 14 year old boy who can process this all and make a decision that in the end saved his family from harm.

Kid is the CHOSEN ONE. He's just going to grow up as that kid that is wise beyond his age.

 

[ill legal operation]

 

[hess side 978]

some people don't freeze up in tense situations, they just do what they need to.

 

[space doodoo pistols]

good.

 

[haddix]

Glad to hear everyone is ok.
Not really sure why people are saying this will mess the kids up for life. At least they still have each other. The outcome could have been ALOT worse and THEN the kids may have had problems moving on.

 

[jonwin]

Originally Posted by BishopStrongBow

It aint gonna effect em, he a young warrior, he did what he had to do to protect his family.

Rare to find Adults that think so quickly, and in this situation do the right thing, let alone find a 14 year old boy who can process this all and make a decision that in the end saved his family from harm.

Kid is the CHOSEN ONE. He's just going to grow up as that kid that is wise beyond his age.

QFT

 

[natelav129]

like a bawse

 

[jthagreat]

Originally Posted by jonwin

Originally Posted by BishopStrongBow

It aint gonna effect em, he a young warrior, he did what he had to do to protect his family.

Rare to find Adults that think so quickly, and in this situation do the right thing, let alone find a 14 year old boy who can process this all and make a decision that in the end saved his family from harm.

Kid is the CHOSEN ONE. He's just going to grow up as that kid that is wise beyond his age.

QFT

Damn Right.

 

[bandit country]

Teach your son to read and write and use the ruger.

 

[babylonzion]

kid is a boss

 

[mastamind89]

Future president

 

[ravagebx]

Originally Posted by babylonzion

kid is a boss

An absolute boss.