Homeowner shoots teenager in his driveway

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

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Jonathan and Kara Stevens told investigators they were at home when they heard their pit bulls barking.

They armed themselves with a pistol and flashlight as they went outside to investigate.

The couple told detectives a teenager jumped out from behind a car in their driveway and pointed gun a 12 gauge shotgun at them.

Jonathan Stevens said he shot the 15 year old twice and believes the teenager shot at them twice before they ran back into their home.

Neighbors say the suspect collapsed in their driveway after the shooting.


http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=99462&provider=top


Just for msongs, another justifiable shooting. She doesn't have a dictionary.

[msongs]

1. oh this one is not righteous enough for u lololol. nt

[Journeyman]

2. Would have been better had the editor put "armed teenager" in the headline. . .

truth such as that radically alters first impressions. . .

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

3. Very true but then fewer people would read the story.

[ZombieHorde]

4. This is exactly why people should not have driveways.

Driveways are just one way people compensate for not having a flat stomach.

[PavePusher]

6. Bwaaaahhhahahahahah!

I'll P.M. you my address, you owe me a new keyboard!

Kudos to the resident, pistol vs. shotgun is not an odds enhancer.

[Treo]

12. Was it a BIG driveway?

What was the homeowner compensating for?

[Gidney N Cloyd]

5. Prowler hauling around a 12 gauge?

[sam sarrha]

7. sounds like a Tweeker... ice head.. >>Link>>

http://www.drugfree.org/Portal/DrugIssue/MethResources/faces/index.html

Mexico ships in bout 80% of all the meth crystal..

[sam sarrha]

8. i have guns.. but i dont take them outside at night. i have serious lights, 800w's will flush em out

[sam sarrha]

9. some links..>>

http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0geu5L8N7hKuEQAp01XNyoA?p=++South+Knox+tn+crime+rate&fr2=sb-top&fr=yfp-t-154&sao=1

http://www.claytoncramer.com/gundefenseblog/2008_05_01_archive.html

[5X]

10. Which part of his anatomy is his driveway? n/t

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

11. Hopefully not near the back door.

[proteus_lives]

13. I hope the kid recovers....

To serve out his sentence.

[JonQ]

14. So what's the appropriate, disarmed way to deal with this?

A kid, quite possibly drugged out of his mind, is on your property in the middle of the night pointing a shotgun at your head.

What are you supposed to do?

Remember, only criminals are quick enough to snatch guns away from their opponents and use them against the owner, so that's not an option for the homeowner in this scenario.

[Hoopla Phil]

15. Another innocent saved through the use of a firearm.