LAKE COUNTY. A TEENAGER IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER A HOMEOWNER SHOT HIM DURING A BREAK IN AS WESH BOB HAZEN TELLS US, POLICE BELIEVE. HE MAY BE LINKED TO SIMILAR CASES AT A DIFFERENT HOME NEARBY. THIS IS A PRETTY LARGE NEIGHBORHOOD HERE IN MASCOT AND POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT IN THIS WHO WAS SHOT MAY HAVE TRIED TO BREAK INTO AT LEAST TWO HOMES HERE. THIS HAPPENED EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AROUND 6:00 IN THE MORNING. MASCOT POLICE SAY THEY WERE CALLED TO A HOME ON PINE NEEDLE DRIVE IN THE WEST CARDINAL PINES NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE OF A HOME INVASION. WHEN THEY GOT HERE, THEY FOUND A 16 YEAR OLD BOY WHO HAD BEEN SHOT. INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT BOY WAS THE SUSPECT IN THE HOME INVASION, AND HE’D BEEN SHOT BY THE HOMEOWNER. THE PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE WERE NOT HURT. POLICE SAY THEY ARE COOPERATING WITH THE INVESTIGATION, SO THEY ARE NOT FACING ANY CHARGES. THE 16 YEAR OLD SUSPECT WHO WAS SHOT IS SAID TO BE IN THE HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION AND IN MASCOT. POLICE RIGHT NOW SAY THEY ARE LOOKING INTO WHETHER THAT SAME TEENAGER MIGHT HAVE TRIED TO BREAK INTO ANOTH
Suspected teenage home invader shot, critically injured in Lake County
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Updated: 4:18 PM EST Dec 29, 2023
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A 16-year-old was shot and critically injured during a home invasion, Mascotte police say.Police say the teen who was shot may have tried to break into at least two homes. According to officials, Mascotte officers responded to an in-progress home invasion at Pine Needle Drive just after 6 a.m. on Dec. 28. There, they located a teenage male suspect who was shot by the homeowner. The suspect was treated by Lake County EMS before being transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center. Officials say he is listed in critical condition. According to officers, nobody in the home was injured and they are cooperating in the investigation, so they won't be facing any charges.Officers believe the suspect may be linked to an earlier call of a young man attempting to break into another residence in that area. This is an ongoing investigation. Top headlines: Florida family locked doors, slept in shifts before 23-year-old allegedly stabbed mother to death Suspected teenage home invader shot in Lake County, transported in critical condition Florida's 'Move Over' law to expand in the new year
MASCOTTE, Fla. — A 16-year-old was shot and critically injured during a home invasion, Mascotte police say.
Police say the teen who was shot may have tried to break into at least two homes.
According to officials, Mascotte officers responded to an in-progress home invasion at Pine Needle Drive just after 6 a.m. on Dec. 28. There, they located a teenage male suspect who was shot by the homeowner.
The suspect was treated by Lake County EMS before being transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center. Officials say he is listed in critical condition.
According to officers, nobody in the home was injured and they are cooperating in the investigation, so they won't be facing any charges.
Officers believe the suspect may be linked to an earlier call of a young man attempting to break into another residence in that area. This is an ongoing investigation.
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