FL: Relatives of Dead Teen Burglar Defend his Actions

By Dean Weingarten

By Dean Weingarten

Arizona – -(Ammoland.com)- It is common for the relatives of young criminals to find ways to justify their criminal actions, while at the same time criticizing as illegitimate, the actions of the person who shot them. We see a clear example of this in the shooting of 17-year-old Trevon Slick Johnson in Florida, 10 March, at about 5:30 p.m.

The 54-year-old homeowner had been repeatedly burglarized. She was alerted by the alarm system that she had installed. Police say the woman shot the young burglar after a confrontation outside the home. She observed him crawling out of a window before he was shot. Police arrived seconds after the shooting. Here are some of the words of young Trevon’s relatives. From cbslocal.com:

“What’s wrong with her,” asked Johnson’s sister Nisha Johnson. “She did not have to shoot him.”

“It’s no reason she should have waited until I think he walked out the yard to try to shoot him,” said Harris. “If she called the police already why would she shoot him?”

Relatives said they don’t believe Johnson stole anything from the home but detectives would not confirm that.

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