He said he shot his sister's attacker twice - once with a green marble and once with a gravel rock. Owen Burns told NPR in an interview that he heard his sister scream and looked out the window to see her being attacked.īurns grabbed his slingshot and went outside. The boy covered the girl's mouth and attempted to kidnap her. The Michigan State Police said an 8-year-old girl in Alpena Township in Northern Michigan was hunting for mushrooms in her yard earlier this month when a 17-year-old boy appeared from the woods nearby. Owen Burns, a 13-year-old Michigan boy, is being credited with saving his sister's life after he fended off a would-be kidnapper by shooting him with a slingshot. No other people were injured in the incident and an investigation is ongoing.Īnyone with information is asked to contact the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office’s anonymous tip line at 73.Owen Burns, center, holds up the slingshot he used to fend off a boy who was attacking his sister earlier this month. The shooting was the result of an altercation that had escalated at the home. He is currently being detained as a suspect.Īccording to authorities, all three men knew each other, and the incident was not random. Upon arriving to the scene, deputies discovered a 26-year-old Superior Township man and a 29-year-old Ypsilanti man who both suffered multiple gunshot wounds.īoth were in serious condition, triaged at the scene and transported by Huron Valley Ambulance to a nearby hospital.Ī third individual with multiple gunshot wounds, a 30-year-old from Superior Township, transported himself to the hospital and was listed in serious condition.
– Sunday night at 9:42 p.m., Washtenaw Metro Dispatch received a report of multiple people shot at the 1000 block of Knollwood Bend in Superior Township.
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