Teen Shot And Killed After Threatening Concealed Carrier With Fake Gun

By John Falkenberg

CHICAGO, IL — A 63-year-old man was forced to use his concealed firearm against an armed robber earlier this month, ending a 16-year-old kid’s life.

The boy wasn’t alone — he and three others brandished weapons and demanded valuables. Aside from one of their intended victims being a concealed carrier, these punks were sporting fake guns.

In other words, a child died for no reason other than their own stupidity.

As the Sun-Times Media Wire reports:

The man was walking with another person at 6:19 p.m. in the 8000 block of South Oglesby when the 16-year-old boy and his three accomplices pulled out weapons and demanded their property, according to Chicago Police. The man then pulled out his own gun and shot the boy in his knee, at which point the other suspects ran off.

The boy’s weapon turned out to be a replica handgun, police said. He was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center in serious condition, police said. Charges against him were pending Tuesday.

It’s a horrible lesson that so many refuse to learn — if you’re holding a gun to somebody, it’s a deadly threat, replica gun or otherwise.

You are still communicating to another human being that you …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation