Teen Shoots Burglar In Leg With Shotgun

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Las Vegas, NV –-(Ammoland.com)- KCBY TV-11 reports this week (8/5/2016) in Myrtle Point, Oregon, Police received a report that a would-be burglar had entered a teen’s home on Spruce Street just after 8 on Wednesday morning.

He was the last one to leave the house that morning and it appears the burglar thought everyone had left.

Officers say the 15-year-old boy grabbed a shotgun and shot the suspect in the leg. The teenage resident feared for his safety and was justified in the shooting of an individual police believe was trying to burglarize his home.

Under Oregon law, if someone commits a burglary in your home and you fear for your life, you can use deadly physical force.

“That’s clearly what happened here,” Coos County District Attorney Rob Frasier said. “This guy was committing a burglary and the young man in question was obviously scared about …Read the Rest

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