Montgomery, Alabama



From the Montgomery Advertiser of February 10, 2005

Man shoots teen burglary suspect



A Montgomery man shot a teenager after he allegedly caught him and another teen burglarizing his home Tuesday night.



Maurice Antwan Cunningham, 18, was shot in the hand about 7:40 p.m. after he and a 14-year-old boy allegedly were caught in the home of Alvin Hardy at 4431 Wimbleton Road.



Lt. Huey Thornton, a police spokesman, said Hardy told officers Cunningham had his hand in his jacket and that he thought the teenager had a gun in there.



Cunningham and the other boy are charged with second-degree burglary and theft of property, a police report said.



Thornton said Hardy was not charged in the shooting.