Owen Burns, a 13-year-old from Alpena Township, Michigan, used his slingshot to hit a stranger twice, in the head and chest, as the 17-year-old allegedly tried to kidnap Owen's 8-year-old sister.
Owen turned to his bed and grabbed his slingshot and any ad hoc ammunition he could find: a marble and a rock, as it turned out. From his bedroom, he loaded the marble first, pulled back the slingshot’s yellow, plastic tubing, aimed out his open window at the stranger some 200 feet away and let go.
Michigan State Police did not identify the 17-year-old in its news release but said he’s being charged as an adult. Law enforcement praised Owen for neutralizing a scary situation that could have turned into a tragedy. He wasn’t using it on the afternoon of May 10, at least not at first. Instead, he was just settling in to “Call of Duty: Black Ops II” on his PlayStation 3 after getting home from school. His sister was hunting for mushrooms in the backyard, which backs up into some woods. They were alone, having arrived home before their parents, which was unusual.
That’s when Owen reached for the slingshot and hit him twice. Having freed herself, his sister came inside, crying, telling her brother she had almost been killed. Owen roared out of the house, yelling and cursing while the guy started to take off. As the stranger kept running, Owen grabbed a baseball and hurled it at him, missing just over his shoulder. Then, Owen returned to his trusty slingshot, stretching the sling back as he prepared to fire a third shot.
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