Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Charlotte, North Carolina

From Charlotte’s WSOCtv.com of July 10, 2007
Police: Teen Shot In Stomach Tried To Rob North Charlotte Man With Toy Gun

A toy gun landed a teenager in the hospital with critical injuries.

Police say he used it during a robbery on A Avenue off Beatties Ford Road, but in the end he was the one who got shot with a real gun.

Diane Brody found him lying in a field next to her north Charlotte house.

"I thought there was someone down there passed out. I told my son, ‘Let's go down there and see,’ and that's when we heard the boy had gotten shot," she said.

Detectives say it was around 7 p.m. Monday when two teenagers targeted a man and followed him to his home. A 15-year-old got out of the car with the toy gun and demanded money.

But police say the robbery victim had a different idea. He took out a pistol and shot the teen three times in the stomach. The other teenager sped off.

Just up the road Valerie Blount runs a daycare, and like her neighbors she can't believe this has happened.

"That's what the scary part was, having a daycare here and as quiet as it was and all of a sudden you hear shooting going on. That was the first thing that popped in my mind, the safety of my kids," she said.

Blount has also lived on A Avenue for 15 years and says nothing like this has ever happened before on her street.

"Basically I couldn't believe it. It's fairly calm and fairly quiet so it was a real shocker," she said.

Police said the teen is still in critical condition. They said they have the name of his accomplice but no arrest have been made.

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