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| 10 year old boy shoots home invader |
| 2009-07-19 |
| A ten-year-old boy left home alone with his sister used his mother's gun to shoot an intruder in the face, police said. Late Tuesday, West Baton Rouge Parish sheriff's deputies received a call to a Port Allen apartment complex after several shots rang out from inside one of the apartments. "You are out here trying to work and for someone to come and do that and invade your home is very hard," the children's mother said. She asked to not be identified. Deputies say Dean Favron and Roderick Porter knocked several times on the apartment door. The two young children, a ten-year-old boy and eight-year-old girl, stood on the other side, terrified. "He told his sister to be quiet and seconds later, they started kicking on the door and finally kicked the door in," said Sheriff Mike Cazes. The two children ran to their mother's bedroom closet. In a panic, the ten-year-old grabbed his mother's gun for protection. "He did what I told him to do. I never told him to get the gun, but thank God he did," she said. Once the two suspects opened the door, threatening the kids, deputies say the boy fired a bullet into the lip of Roderick Porter. The two men were taken to the hospital by a third suspect, who is a 15-year-old juvenile. Once they got to the hospital, they were later arrested. "It's just hard. I don't understand why they would do that. I know they have little brothers and sisters and they wouldn't want anyone to break into their house," said the mother. Each man is held on $150,000 bond. The juvenile, was taken to a local detention center. One of the suspects, Dean Favron, just finished serving almost seven years in prison for aggravated assault on a Baton Rouge police officer and two carjacking charges. He was released on June 6th. Both men will appear before a judge next month. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #11 In much of the country Mom would lose custody of the kids and likely go to jail for having a gun accessible to children. In Louisiana, for all its faults, she is probably ok. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-07-19 15:19 |
| #10 Kid should've aimed for the heart, not the head. He's lucky he caught the lips. Mom should give him some firearms training, help him do better next time. |
| Posted by: Skunky Angeack7024 2009-07-19 14:12 |
| #9 "He did what I told him to do. I never told him to get the gun, but thank God he did." Sound advice ladyÂ…get a lawyer and shut up. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2009-07-19 10:47 |
| #8 Unless the perp had his head turned sideways, I would hazard to guess that the bullet ricocheted off his "toofus". Personally, I would like for that kid to get a free membership in the NRA, as well as an award for heroism in defense of his sister. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-07-19 10:37 |
| #7 I concur CP, blaming guns for murder is like saying spoons made Oprah and Rosie fat! |
| Posted by: Everyday a Wildcat(KSU) 2009-07-19 09:58 |
| #6 Buy Mom a larger caliber pistol. Kid would have a harder time steadying the gun and pulling the trigger. I'd recommend an M79 with flechette rounds. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-07-19 08:29 |
| #5 Guns are to murder what blenders are to alcoholism. I have a blender. I am not a drunk. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2009-07-19 05:32 |
| #4 Buy Mom a larger caliber pistol. I like the SW.40 myself. But, in the interest of the kids, I'd spring for something that shoots the EuroPellet (9mm). |
| Posted by: Injun Grinesing9686 2009-07-19 03:10 |
| #3 I can't wait for the anti-gun crowd to start wailing about this one. I mean, a 10 year old using a gun! Of course, if the kid hadn't shot the dirtbag, the headline might have read "Two children, 10 and 8, found dead in apartment". |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2009-07-19 00:37 |
| #2 One of the suspects, Dean Favron, just finished serving almost seven years in prison for aggravated assault on a Baton Rouge police officer and two carjacking charges. He was released on June 6th. That didn't take long. Any bleeding hearts out there want to have him live in your house and babysit your daughter while he gets rehabilitated? Or is rehabilitation fine as long as it's in somebody else's house and somebody else's daughter? I'm not sure what to say about the firearm being accessible to the kids, but these kids seem to be able to deal with it. Like most kids from the 19th century seem to have been able to. |
| Posted by: gorb 2009-07-19 00:34 |
| #1 'Shot him in the lip - head shot - good job! Too bad mom was using a small caliber pistol that allowed the perp to survive. |
| Posted by: Lone Ranger 2009-07-19 00:16 |