Two Pennsylvania teen boys attempt to rob gun shop at gunpoint

Two teen boys, ages 15 and 17, entered the Suburban Armory gun shop in Collingdale, Pennsylvania, brandished a handgun, and attempted to rob the store.

The shop owner pulled out his own gun and fired a shot.  The shot missed the boys, but the boys fled.  They were later captured.

From an article:

Two juveniles, ages 15 and 17, are in police custody and will be charged as adults with multiple offenses, including robbery, possessing an instrument of crime, reckless endangerment and possession of a controlled substance, Police Chief Robert Adams said. 

According to Adams, officers responded to a silent alarm at the business in the 1000 block of MacDade Boulevard at about 1:40 p.m. 

The owner reportedly told police that two black males entered the store wearing “Muslim-type clothing,” one of whom pointed a silver handgun at him as they announced the robbery. 

The incident was captured on video, according to Adams.

The article didn't say how the boys got their gun.

Every gun in the hands of a child must first pass through the hands of an adult.

Four teens shoot teacher at California school during robbery

A teacher was in his classroom at Edison High School in Fresno, California, on Christmas Eve, when four teen boys, ages 16 and 17, entered the room with a handgun and sawed-off shotgun, intending to rob the computers in the room.  When the teacher, Steven Guerrero, fought back, the teens shot him in the stomach and leg.

The teens were apparently gang members.

The teacher survived the wounds.  The teens were captured and charged.

From an article:

Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer announced the arrests on Tuesday. According to the Fresno Bee, he identified the suspects as 17 and 16-year-old Norteno gang members. 

Police have said the teens were armed with a handgun and a sawed-off shotgun when they confronted Edison High School teacher Steven Guerrero in a classroom around 7 p.m. Thursday. 

Guerrero allowed the group to take a computer but then fought back after one of the teens allegedly struck him with a free weight. He was shot in the stomach and leg, but survived. 

Dyer said the shooter was a student at Edison and has confessed.

Every gun in the hands of a child must first pass through the hands of an adult.

Preteen Philadelphia boy and two teen boys threaten and attempt to rob people with handgun

A boy, believed to be between 10-12 years old, pulled out a gun on a Philadelphia street and threatened some young ladies, and later tried to rob a man.

Two teen boys, between 14-16 years old, were seen taking the gun from the boy and later using the gun to threaten other kids.

The gun was either real or a realistic-looking pellet gun.

The three boys involved in the threats and robbery attempts with a handgun

From an article:

Wearing a backpack, red T-shirt and shorts, a young boy was captured on surveillance video trotting up to a group of girls walking in the Tioga section of Philadelphia around 6:30 p.m. Monday. 

The boy, believed to be between 10 and 12-years-old, pulls the handgun out of his pants and points it at one of the girls. The young woman can be seen putting her hands in the air as she slowly walks across the street. Moments later, an older boy comes up to the child with a backpack and takes the gun away. 

That boy then walks down Ontario Street, drops to one knee and points the gun in the direction of a group of kids walking towards him. He then jumps up and runs towards the group brandishing the weapon. 

"He obviously has some kind of handgun. A toy, maybe, doesn't look like a toy," Philadelphia Police Lt. George McClay said. "The other guy is following the boy closely to make sure he gets that gun back, so I would never presume that it's a toy gun." 

Twenty minutes later, police say the same boys approached a 27-year-old man. Police say one of the boys then reached into his backpack, pulled out the handgun and said “Hey, buddy.” 

The man then ran into a nearby home and called 911 and the youths fled, according to police.
Philadelphia Police say they are searching for three kids involved in the incidents. Their identities are unknown. Police believe the smaller boy is between 10 and 12-years-old and that the two others are between 14 and 16-years-old.

The article did not speculate on how the boy was able to get the gun.

Every gun in the hands of a child must first pass through the hands of an adult.

Baby boy shot in head and killed, mother injured, by two boys in Georgia

(Updated. See below)

Antonio West, age 13 months

A mother was walking her baby in a stroller, in Brunswick, Georgia, when she said that two boys, ages 10-15 years old, tried to rob her at gunpoint.  They then shot the baby in the head, killing him, and shot the woman in the leg, before fleeing.  The victim, age 13 months, was named Antonio West.

From an article:

The mother, Sherry West, told WAWS-TV that two boys approached her and demanded money Thursday morning while she was walking near her home in Brunswick, about 80 miles south of Savannah. 

West said she insisted she didn't have any money and tried to protect her son, Antonio, before one of the boys opened fire. 

"I put my arms over my baby and he shoves me, and then he shot my baby right in the head," West said. 

West was shot in the leg.  ... 

Police spokesman Todd Rhodes gave few details about the investigation Friday, but said no weapon has been found and that investigators were checking school records for leads. 

Several people in the neighborhood called 911 after they heard the gunshots fired, but Rhodes said investigators believed that the mother was the only witness to what happened. Rhodes described the neighborhood as safe. 

"Understand this: There is no clear motive right now," he said. 

He urged anyone with information to call Brunswick police. There is a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. 

Officers from a SWAT team checked vacant houses as investigators tried to find possible witnesses. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources provided a helicopter for the search. 

A sketch artist from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation was being sent to Brunswick.

Every gun in the hands of a child must first pass through the hands of an adult.

Shooter De'Marquis Elkins, age 17

UPDATE:  The two boys have been arrested, ages 14 (revised to 15, see next update) and 17.  From an article:

Seventeen-year-old De'Marquis Elkins is charged as an adult with first-degree murder, along with a 14-year-old who was not identified because he is a juvenile, Police Chief Tobe Green said. 

Police announced the arrest Friday afternoon after combing school records and canvassing neighborhoods searching for the pair. The chief said the motive of the "horrendous act" was still under investigation and the weapon had not been found. 

The mother, Sherry West, wept Friday while she told The Associated Press that she

pleaded with the gunman and a younger accomplice who approached her Thursday morning while she walked near their home in coastal Brunswick. 

Dominique Lang, age 15

"He asked me for money and I said I didn't have it," she said. "When you have a baby, you spend all your money on babies. They're expensive. And he kept asking and I just said 'I don't have it.' And he said, 'Do you want me to kill your baby?' And I said, 'No, don't kill my baby!'" 

West said the gunman fired four shots, the first into the ground. West didn't see a shell casing ejected and she assumed the gun wasn't real. 

Then he fired at her head and the bullet grazed her left ear — she has a small scab and bruising there. He fired again and shot her in the left leg above the knee. "I didn't know I was hurt." 

"The boy proceeded to go around to the stroller and he shot my baby in the face," she said. 

"And then he just shoved me when I started screaming and he ran down London Street with the little boy."  ....

It's not the mother's first loss of a child to violence. Sherry West said her 18-year-old son, Shaun Glassey, was killed in New Jersey in 2008. She still has a newspaper clipping from the time. 

The articles don't say how the boys got the gun or ammo.

UPDATE (3/25/13):  The other boy, who is actually 15 years old, pleaded not-guilty, according to a CNN article:

Wearing an orange jumpsuit, his hands and feet shackled, the 15-year-old listened as Glynn County Judge Timothy Barton read his Miranda rights. Previously, the boy's age was reported as 14. 

Barton didn't indicate if the teen would be charged as a juvenile or adult, and the teen did not enter a plea. His name is not being released because he is a minor. 

Asked if the teen had any questions, he told the judge, "No sir." ... 

The boy's father has also been distraught, West said. 

Asked about the person who shot her son, Antonio, West stated: "I hate you and I don't forgive you. 

"You killed an innocent human life," she said. "I hope you die for it." ... 

West said she put Antonio in a stroller Thursday because it was good exercise for her heart, adding that she was disabled from a car accident. 

"I just took a walk with my baby," she said. "I can't believe that this would happen, and I left early in the morning. I thought, you know, that there would be less people on the road and I wouldn't be in anybody's way walking down that road.

UPDATE (4/18/13):  The 15-year old is identified as Dominque Lang.  Both of the teens accused of the robbery and shooting are pleading not guilty.  From the article:

Police arrested both teenagers within a day of the shooting. Glynn County Police Chief Matt Doering has said information from Elkins' mother and older sister helped lead investigators to a small saltwater pond where they recovered a .22-caliber handgun suspected of being used in the slaying. 

Elkins has also been charged in a second shooting and robbery attempt 10 days before the baby was killed. An indictment says Elkins pointed a gun at Wilfredo Calix-Flores while demanding his cellphone and wallet, then shot the man in the arm with the same caliber gun used to kill the baby.

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Convenience store clerk shot multiple times in robbery by four teen boys

Four teen boys entered a convenience store in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, and shot the clerk multiple times in the robbery.  The boys escaped with cigarettes and alcohol.

The clerk did not immediately die and was taken to the hospital.  His current status is unknown.

Two of the boys were armed with handguns.  All four teen boys have been arrested.  Three of the boys were age 17.  The fourth was 14.

From an article and video:

Police Chief Joe Prentice said one of his officers came to the store around 2:45 a.m. to get something to drink, when the clerk ran outside and told him he had been shot. The patrol officer had just missed the robbery. 

"I would estimate a minute, maybe a minute and-a-half, after they exited the store the officer pulled into the lot," Prentice said. 

Police said four males robbed the Kum-N-Go at 4th Street and Kern Avenue.  

Prentice said two of the four males had handguns when they entered the store and one of them physically attacked the clerk and then shot him several times. 

"I did not view the wounds personally, but it's my understanding the majority of his wounds are in the waist and below area. I think he took one round to the torso," Prentice said. 

Early Wednesday afternoon, police announced they had arrested 17-year-old Jeffrey Edwards, 17-year-old Johnnie Ellies, and another 14-year-old on anticipated charges of robbery with a firearm and shooting with intent to kill. 

A fourth suspect, Jerry Thompson, 17, was arrested Wednesday afternoon and will be booked in the Okmulgee County Jail on complaints of robbery with a firearm and shooting with intent to kill, as well. 

Police say the victim is 21-year-old Jacob Rogers.

It hasn't been released where the teens got their guns and ammo.

Every gun in the hands of a child must first pass through the hands of an adult.

12-year old South Carolina girl and other children threatened by home invader

A man with a shotgun kicked in the door of a home in Rock Hill, South Carolina.  He then pointed his shotgun at a 12-year old girl while demanding money from the girl's mother.  Other children were present at the time.  

The gun misfired at one point, but only hit a pillow.  In the end, nothing was stolen and, luckily, no one was injured.

From an article:

Around 5:30 p.m., police went to a home on the 1100 block of Ellen Avenue after receiving calls about a burglary. There, they spoke with a 34-year-old woman who said she and her youngest daughter, 7, saw a “figure” walk by her front window, according to a Rock Hill police report. When they went to investigate, they saw a man near the backdoor. 

When she asked the person what he was doing, the man pointed a shotgun at her. She slammed the door, grabbed the child and ran into her daughter’s room, where other children were sleeping, the report states. 

The man, wearing a panda mask, kicked in the door, breaking the locks, and ran into the room before demanding that the woman give him money. The gunman held his weapon at the 12-year-old girl when her cell phone lit up, according to the report. When he tried to rack the gun, a bullet fired and hit a pillow on the bed. He then left when the older woman told the girl to call the police.

Read more here: http://www.heraldonline.com/2013/01/07/4525244/police-man-points-gun-at-child.html#storylink=cpy

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15-year old Pennsylvania boy uses realistic pellet gun to rob man

Joel Santiago, age 15

A 15-year old boy, Joel Santiago, in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, was caught breaking into a Jeep in town.  He then pulled out a gun and threatened to shoot a man if he didn't hand over his cell phone.  After the robbery, the boy was captured.  The gun turned out to be a realistic-looking pellet gun.

From an article:

The victim of Sunday night's armed robbery in the city said he was standing on his porch at 158 N. Eighth St. at about 9:15 p.m. when he saw a young male going through his neighbor's Jeep. 

A moment later, the intruder, who police say is 15, approached Daniel McKimm and told him he had five seconds to give him his cell phone. The boy then began to count down from five. 

McKimm, 19, told police he threw his black T-Mobile phone, ran into his home and called police. 

A short time later, guns drawn, police took Joel Santiago into custody about six blocks away after they found him lying next to a parked car on Commerce Street between The News-Item and Center City Apartments. 

Santiago, of 819 E. Dewart St., Shamokin, was charged as an adult with multiple offenses, including robbery and aggravated assault. ... 

Siko said the weapon used by Santiago, which was recovered, is a compressed-air pellet gun that is a replica of a semi-automatic handgun. 

"It really looks like a handgun," Siko said. "It weighs the same as a handgun and has all the same features."

Every gun in the hands of a child must first pass through the hands of an adult.

14-year old Georgia boy shot to death in apparent home robbery

Paul Sampleton, Jr., age 14

14-year old Paul Sampleton, Jr., was found shot to death in his home in Grayson, Georgia.  The home appeared to have been robbed.  It's unknown whether Paul interrupted the robbery or not.

No suspects have yet been identified.

From an article:

Police are investigating the death of a teenager in Grayson. According to Gwinnett County Police Cpl. Jake Smith, 14-year-old Paul Sampleton Jr. was found dead of a gunshot wound in his home on Haynescrest Drive on Wednesday. 

The boy's father arrived home and found his son shot to death around 2:40 p.m., according to police. 

Authorities are treating the death as a homicide. Smith said that there was evidence of a robbery inside the apartment. They don't know if the teen had interrupted the burglary or if they had waited for him inside. 

Police said they are investigating leads in the case. 

Sampleton was a freshman at Grayson High School, according to police. 

"He was just always smiling, kind-hearted and everybody loved him. Nobody had problems with him," said Darius Stephens, who said he played football with Sampleton.

UPDATE (12/20/12):  Paul's death has been ruled as a homicide, not suicide or accidental.  Friends expressed surprise at his death.  From an article:

Paul played on the freshman football team and played baseball, according to his friends. But he had one hobby that made him stand out from others. 

“He did love his shoes,” Abiodun said. “The new Jordans and Nikes that came out, Paul was always the first to get them.” 

Manny said his friend had at least 20 pairs of high-end, high-priced basketball shoes. Paul not only wore them, but sometimes traded them or sold them, his friends said. 

Classmates speculated that Paul’s love of shoes could have led to his death, but investigators declined to release details about a motive or any suspects Wednesday night. Police did not say whether or not they believe Paul was specifically targeted. 

“It’s just hard to believe it’s Paul,” Abiodun said. “He just loved coming to school, smiling and telling jokes, and making people laugh.”

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16-year old Maryland boy shot for cell phone

Someone tried to steal a cell phone from a 16-year old boy in Capitol Heights, Maryland.  He resisted, so the robber shot him in the forearm and took off with the phone.

The victim is in stable condition.

From an article:

The suspect, who had approached on foot at the 1200 block of Nye St. in Chapel Oaks, ran off with the victim's phone after shooting him in the forearm, police said.  

The 16-year-old boy was taken to a local hospital in stable condition, police said. He was to be released Wednesday evening.

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Two boys, 7 and 11, attempt armed carjacking in Oregon

Two boys, ages 7 and 11, were able to get a .22-caliber handgun and attempted to carjack and rob a woman in Portland, Oregon.  The woman fled without injury, and the boys were apprehended.

From an article:

Two Oregon boys, ages 7 and 11, are accused of trying to rob a woman with a loaded gun, police said Sunday. 

The boys tried to carjack a 22-year-old woman who was in her family's truck waiting for her parents in a church parking lot, Portland police said in a statement. 

Ami Garrett, of southeast Portland, told officers that when the boys approached her, the younger boy told the older boy to “show her your piece.” 

The woman said that when she refused to give them her vehicle, they demanded cash and her phone. She said that as she drove away, she saw the 11-year-old boy pull a gun from his pocket. 

The boys were apprehended in the parking lot by officers responding to reports of children with guns. Police said they recovered a loaded .22 caliber handgun from the older boy's pockets. 

Detectives were investigating how the boys obtained a gun. Because of their age, the boys could not be taken into custody at a juvenile detention center, so they were returned to their families, police said. 

The 11-year-old tried to escape his parents’ house but was quickly caught by officers and returned to his parents. 

Police planned to give the case to the juvenile court.

According to another article, the gun was found cocked and loaded in the older boy's pocket.

According to yet another article, the 11-year old is known to the police for causing trouble by making threats and vandalizing by throwing rocks.

It is unknown how the boys got the gun.

Every gun in the hands of a child must first pass through the hands of an adult.


UPDATE (12/12/12):  The 11-year old's father, Joseph Charlton, has now been arrested and will likely be charged in leaving the gun available to his son.  Portland has a Child Access Prevention law.  Charlton is also a convicted felon and will be charged for illegally owning a gun.  The boy and his two younger siblings have been taken into protective services.

From an article:

The gun was a .22-caliber derringer pistol, said Sgt. Pete Simpson, spokesman for the Portland Police Bureau. .... 

About 10 a.m., the Police Bureau's Gun Task Force served a search warrant in the 16100 block of Southeast Alder Street in connection with the case. The state Department of Human Services took a 4-year-old girl,  the 11-year-old accused in the gun case and a 9-year-old into protective custody. 

"The overall conditions in home, circumstances, are not healthy for kids," Simpson said of the decision to take the children into protective custody. 

Police also obtained search warrants for two Dodge trucks belonging to the family. Multnomah County animal control officers removed two animals, a cat and a dog, from the property, police said. 

The home searched sits next door to the Freedom Foursquare Church, where 22-year-old Amy Garrett said she was accosted Saturday by an 11-year-old with with a gun and a 7-year-old toting bullets in a backpack.  

"We have probable cause to arrest the dad for at least leaving the gun unsecured,"  Simpson said. 

Police also charged Charlton, a convicted felon, with felon in possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of a firearm, endangering the welfare of a minor and endangering a child by allowing access to a firearm under the city's two-year-old ordinance. No other guns were found inside the home during the search, police said. 

Charlton is the first person in Portland to be prosecuted under the city ordinance.

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18-year old young man tries to rob 12-year old Maryland boy with toy gun

A 12-year old boy in Severn, Maryland, was approached by an 18-year old male, who then tried to rob the boy using a toy pistol.  The boy fled the scene.

From an article:

Dejon Arnold, 18, of the 8200 block of Autumn Lake Court in Severn, was charged with robbery, theft less than $1,000 and second-degree assault, according to online court records. 

Officers responded to the 8200 block of Clearwater Court at 4:45 p.m. and spoke with the victim and his father. The boy told officers that he had been walking in the area of Clearwater Court and Indian Drive at 3:15 p.m. when Arnold approached him and displayed what looked like a handgun, police spokesman Justin Mulcahy said. 

Arnold demanded the victim's coat. The boy refused and then fled; he was not injured. 

Police were able to find and arrest Arnold. Officers determined the gun used in the incident to be fake, Mulcahy said.

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12-year old New York boy uses realistic pellet gun to rob woman

Four boys surrounded a 19-year old college student and demanded her purse, in Syracuse, New York.  One of the boys, age 12, threatened her with a gun.  When police caught him, with the gun and purse, they found that the gun was a realistic-looking pellet gun.

From an article:

Police say the 19-year-old victim was approached by four juveniles outside LeMoyne College Bookstore and Cam's pizza on Salt Springs Road at about 2:30 p.m. Thursday. 

Police say the juveniles surrounded the woman and demanded her purse. When she refused, police say the 12-year-old suspect pulled out the pellet gun and threatened her. 

The juveniles were apprehended a short time later. Police recovered the purse and pellet gun used in the crime. 

The 12-year-old is being held in a juvenile detention center and is scheduled to appear in Family Court. The other juveniles were turned over to their parents.

Pellet guns aren't harmless toys.

4-year old North Carolina boy shot in head during home invasion

4-year old Jose Santiso Vargas was in his trailer home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, when someone broke into his home and tried to get into his room, then shot through the door, striking the boy in the head.  Jose's father, a migrant worker, chased off the invader.

Jose underwent surgery and likely will survive.

From an article:

Jose spent most of last week in intensive care at UNC Hospital and was in stable condition Thursday morning. His head was wrapped in gauze and bandages, and nurses were doing their best to make sure his frail body stays comfortable at the beginning of what is likely a long recovery.  

Investigators say someone tried to force his way into the home off Plantation Lane outside Clinton about 10:30 p.m. Friday. When the man couldn't make entry into a bedroom, he fired into the door and the bullet hit the boy. 

Jose's father chased the gunman, who jumped into a waiting vehicle and fled. 

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16-year old Arkansas boy shoots man to death during robbery over cell phone minutes

Shooter Thomas Joe Hunter, age 16

16-year old Thomas Joe Hunter, of Jonesboro, Arkansas, needed money to buy minutes for his phone.  So he decided to go to the home of Kenny Brown, 30, who was running a dice game, and steal Brown's money.  A struggle ensued, and Brown was shot through the head and killed by Hunter.

A judge has now ruled that Hunter is to be charged as an adult for the slaying.

From an article:

During an interview with JPD, Hunter told police he went to an apartment on West Monroe Street that night to rob Brown of money from a dice game he was playing. Hunter told police he needed the money to put minutes on his cell phone. 

The shooting took place around 9pm on July 24 in Apartment C at 1007 West Monroe Street. When police arrived at the home they found Kenny O. Brown dead at the scene from a gunshot wound to the head. 

Witnesses told police a black male fired a shot through the door of the apartment and then came into the room demanding money while pointing a gun. Witnesses say the suspect was wearing a hat and a red bandana over his face. 

People inside the apartment say Brown and his brother tried to disarm Hunter, when Brown was shot in the head. 

Witnesses told police the suspect was Hunter and they were able to find him a short while later. 

Police say evidence of a dice game and money were found at the scene, along with a black handgun just outside the apartment. 

Hunter is charged as an adult with capital murder, aggravated robbery, and aggravated residential robbery. He's being held without bond, and is due back in court on November 13th.

The article doesn't say how Hunter got the gun.

Every gun in the hands of a child must first pass through the hands of an adult.

17-year old Houston boy shot, 15-year old brother threatened, by robbers

Daniel Delarosa, age 15

15-year old Daniel Delarosa, his 17-year old brother, and their mother, were about to step out of their home to go to school when three masked men with guns attacked.

The mother was threatened.  When the 17-year old tried to run inside, he was shot twice, in the chest and leg.

15-year old Daniel was in his room at the time and came out to see what had happened.  The robbers then forced him to show them the family safe, and threatened to shoot him as well, before fleeing.

Daniel and his mother were unharmed.  Daniel's brother is hospitalized but expected to survive.

From an article and news video:

The Harris County Sheriff's Office said three men confronted a woman as she walked out of her house in the 4800 block of Debeney Drive at 7 a.m. 

One of the men grabbed the woman and demanded money. Her 17-year-old son saw the men grab his mom and tried to run back in the house, investigators said. The men then kicked in the front door, shattering glass, and shot the 17-year-old in the chest and leg, officials said. 

"My brother closed the door and they just knocked it down, shot the door. So, he opened it and shot my brother," said Daniel Delarosa, 15. "He was trying to hit me with the gun, so I dodged and he hit the wall." 

Delarosa said the men threatened to kill his mother, so he took them to a safe in his mother's room. They stole money and jewelry from it. 

"I'm like, 'Don't kill my mom. Kill me first,'" he said. 

The 17-year-old was taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital. His condition was not released, but he is expected to survive. 

The crooks fled the scene. 

"I seen them around before, like they looked familiar," Delarosa said. 

The mother was on her way to drop off her sons at school when the crime occurred. 

"I don't know why anybody would shoot him," a neighbor said.

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17-year old Missouri boy and friends shoot ice cream truck driver with BB gun in robbery attempt

An ice cream truck driver was making his rounds in Blue Springs, Missouri, when he was approached by four teen boys.  That's when 17-year old Isiah G. Etienne pulled out a BB gun he and his friends had just bought at Walmart and demanded cash from the driver.  The driver refused, so Isiah shot him multiple times with the BB gun in the face, neck, and arm.  He has since been arrested.

From an article:

According to court records, 47-year-old ice cream truck driver Patrick Schramke reported Tuesday afternoon being robbed and shot by three to four youth who were driving in a burgundy vehicle with a bungee cord holding a bumper together. 

Police say a group of youth had gone to Walmart and purchased a BB gun, which they were shooting in a park. When they saw an ice cream truck, police say they approached it, and according to police, the defendant pointed the BB gun at Schramke. 

When the Schramke wouldn’t turn over any money, authorities say Etienne shot the driver in the head, neck and arm with the BB gun. 

Schramke was taken to a local hospital, where he was treated and released.

Every gun in the hands of a child must first pass through the hands of an adult.

15-year old Connecticut boy shot to death by father during robbery

Tyler Giuliano, age 15

When Jeffrey Giuliano's sister, who lived next door to him in New Fairfield, Connecticut, called him to report an intruder breaking in, Giuliano came running with his gun. He confronted a man dressed in black clothes and ski mask outside her house and shot him to death, thinking him armed with a "shiny object" in his hands.  It was only then that he discovered the intruder was actually his own son, 15-year old Tyler Giuliano.  Tyler was apparently unarmed.

From an article:

A woman in the home believed someone was trying to break in so she called her brother, Jeffrey Giuliano, who lives next door, CBS 2′s Lou Young reported. 

Giuliano charged across the lawn with his personal gun in his hand and confronted a man dressed in black and wearing a ski mask, Young reported. 

There appeared to be a weapon in the masked intruder’s hand, Young reported. Jeffrey Giuliano fired and the intruder fell to the ground. 

There appeared to be a weapon in the masked intruder’s hand, Young reported. Jeffrey Giuliano fired and the intruder fell to the ground. 

It was then that Giuliano realized that the person he shot and killed was his own son.
“I can’t imagine what he felt when he took the mask off,” New Fairfield resident Tin DiKit told Young. 

When police officers arrived at the scene, they found a distraught Giuliano, a fifth-grade science teacher, distraught with grief, Young reported. 

Tyler, a 10th Grader at New Fairfield High School, was pronounced dead at the scene.

So far no charges have been filed.

UPDATE (9/29/12):  From another article:

Tyler was a student at New Fairfield High School and a Civil Air Patrol cadet. Some of those who knew him said he enjoyed spending time with family and flying gliders and small planes. He was adopted by Giuliano and his wife a few years ago, friends said.

One classmate said many students were baffled by what happened.

"I just thought it was so weird when I heard because I knew Tyler, not very well, but he was just a sweet person and he always made everyone laugh. I met him in the chorus room, actually, and he just wasn't the type to do what happened," said Erin Pallas, 16. "So it didn't make sense to us. It doesn't make sense to the student body."

Brett Rasile, a 14-year-old friend, said he and Tyler were playing an online game called Minecraft while talking and laughing together via Skype until about 10 p.m. Wednesday, when Tyler said he had to go to bed. Brett said Tyler wasn't in any trouble that he knew of, and nothing seemed out of the ordinary.

"Same old Tyler. He was perfectly fine," Brett said. "He didn't really leave any evidence, any hints towards what he would do."

Alicia Roy, New Fairfield superintendent of schools, said the elder Giuliano grew up in the town, holds summer music and zoology camps for his students and plays guitar in a local rock band that raises money for charity. He is affectionately known as "Mr. G" around Meeting House Hill School.

"He was the teacher you requested in the fifth grade. He was a great teacher. All the kids loved him," said Rosemary Rasile, Brett's mother.

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15-year old San Antonio boy shot and wounded in robbery

A 15-year old boy in San Antonio, Texas, was held up at gunpoint.  When he had no money to rob, the robbers shot him in the leg and fled.

From an article:

Police say the boy walked out of a store at Bynum and Price just before 12:30 a.m. Sunday. 

They say a group of men approached and demanded money. 

When the teen showed them he had no money one of the men fired a shot hitting the boy in the leg, police say. 

The teen told officers then men jumped in a Cadillac and drove away. 

Police found that Cadillac crashed on a dead end street about a mile away. 

EMS took the boy the University Hospital for treatment of that shot to the leg. 

Police are now looking for the men who shot him.

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17-year old Texas girl shot and injured in home invasion attempt

A 17-year old girl was at home in Beaumont, Texas, when she answered a knock at the door.  Answering the door, men rushed in with a gun and attempted to rob the home.  Adults in the home tried to wrestle the gun away from the suspect, but the gun went off and hit the girl.  Both she and the suspect went to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

From an article:

Beaumont Police are investigating a home invasion in which a 17-year-old girl was shot when a gun went off during a struggle and the suspect was attacked and injured by several people inside the apartment.

Police responded to the robbery Wednesday night at an apartment complex in the 4600 block of Hartel near the campus of Lamar University.

Officers found a 17-year-old girl with a superficial gunshot wound to her right shoulder. Police say the suspect received extensive injuries during a struggle with several men inside the apartment during the attempted robbery.

Beaumont EMS transported both the teen and the suspect to Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth ER for treatment of their injuries.  The girl was treated for her minor injury and released.  ER doctors admitted the suspect for treatment of injuries to his head.

Detectives took statements from several people who were in the apartment at the time of the robbery attempt.  From witness accounts, detectives were able to determine that the suspect knocked on the door and the teenage girl answered it.  As the girl answered the door, the suspect rushed in with a handgun.  The suspect demanded money and several men inside the apartment began to struggle with him. They were able to wrestle the gun away from the suspect and the girl was shot once during the struggle.  Detectives are still attempting to determine the exact facts surrounding how the teen was shot.

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16-year old Phoenix boy shot and killed while protecting his 14-year old sister

Andrew Murphy, age 16

16-year old Andrew Murphy was a very talented and loved boy in Phoenix, Arizona, who was described as having a big heart.  But when he saw his 14-year old sister was being robbed at gunpoint an 18-year old young man, Andrew rushed to protect her.  Unfortunately, he was shot in the chest and died at the scene, in his sister's arms.

The shooter has been arrested.

From an article:

Andrew was a junior deacon at his church, a member of the youth drama program and had recently served the food to the homeless as part of a community service project.

He was also talented at the piano and could pick up musical pieces just by listening to a tune.

He loved technology and his family would joke that if given the choice, he would choose purchasing the newest electronic device over a plate of food.

At the park that Thursday night, the sister he would give his life to protect rushed to his side after the shot rang out.

She heard him mumbling, but she was able to make out one word, his last word, "Amen."

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