The suspect is now in custody over the gun mishap in Detroit, Michigan, after calling the police on himself.
reported that the 39-year-old man shot the boy by accident as he aimed at the pit bull, who was mauling the youth on Bentler near Seven Mile in the Michigan city.
The man was barbecuing at the front of his house when the 16-year-old boy, a neighbor, walked past with his pit bull.He then pulled out his gun and shot at the pit bull, who according to his partner was mauling the teenager, and hit the boy in the leg by mistake."He said he was trying to protect the teenager who was getting mauled by the pit bull. My fiancee was trying to protect the boy and made a mistake and shot the boy.
"If you realize someone has a gun for protection, and they're not expecting you—announce yourself when you enter the home, or even if you're getting up to get a drink of water in the middle of the night, just announce yourself," Girard Police Chief John Norman told WFMJ. [Stock image] An American Pit Bull at a dog competition in Turkey on August 25, 2019. A man accidentally shot a teenager while aiming at a rampaging pit bull in Detroit, Michigan.
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