evan price
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For all those folks out there who like to brag about shooting first and asking questions later:
This house has a reputation in the area for being "haunted" and kids have been doing ghost runs out there forever.
(As quoted on the OHIO CCW Forums web site by another member, DWCOL: )
http://www.nbc4i.com/news/9721499/detail.html
This house has a reputation in the area for being "haunted" and kids have been doing ghost runs out there forever.
(As quoted on the OHIO CCW Forums web site by another member, DWCOL: )
Now if he can just convince his cellmate that his rectum is also haunted, he might be fine.
http://www.nbc4i.com/news/9721499/detail.html
Police: Homeowner Shoots Teen After Apparent Prank
Girl, 17, In Critical Condition
POSTED: 11:44 pm EDT August 22, 2006
UPDATED: 6:48 pm EDT August 23, 2006
WORTHINGTON, Ohio -- A 17-year-old girl was in critical condition on Wednesday morning after a homeowner allegedly shot her during an apparent prank.
Rachel Barezinsky is at The Ohio State University Medical Center, NBC 4's David Wayne reported.
The shooting took place shortly after 10 p.m. outside a home at Milton and Lincoln avenues, police said.
Barezinsky, 17, was among a group of five girls who allegedly went to a cemetery for a late-night thrill and then ran across the street to what has been described as a haunted house, according to police.
"This house is in a very woodsy area. The kids started going for a thrill hunt. They go down to the cemetery and the other aspect is to sort of run over to the house," said Worthington police Lt. Doug Francis. "They made a couple steps, they got in the yard and one of the girls that stayed behind honked the horn. When that occurred, that startled the girls and the girls ran back to the car."
Detectives said that when the girls ran around the house, a person who lives inside the house, Allen Davis, fired the shots.
Barezinsky was struck in the shoulder and head with rounds fired from a small-caliber handgun, Wayne reported.
The five teens then ran to their car and drove away before they flagged down an officer on High Street.
"The suspect, who we've charged, appears as if he was almost waiting or he was aware that this may occur," Francis said.
Residents said that similar thrill hunts have occurred recently, with people knocking on doors.
"I think he got fed up with people knocking on the door. The kids have been playing in the cemetery for years," said Steven Davis, a neighbor.
Davis, 40, granted a jailhouse interview to NBC 4 hours after his arrest, saying that the use of deadly force was justified. Davis told NBC 4's Nancy Burton that he just wanted to get his side of the story out.
Davis said that his home has been targeted by what he called juvenile delinquents for months. He said that on Tuesday night, he had had enough.
Davis admitted that he never saw anyone Tuesday night, but that he heard voices outside his home, which is why he said he didn't hesitate to pick up his .22-caliber rifle and fire two shots outside his bedroom window.
"I didn't know what their weaponry was, what their intentions were. In a situation like that you assume the worst-case scenario, if you're going to protect your family from a possible home invasion and murder," he said. "I don't know whether they were simply vandals or delinquents or simple trespassers. It could very well be that they had even more violent plans for my family. It's regretful that juveniles choose to engage in delinquent behavior."
Davis will make an initial court appearance on Thursday. He was charged with five counts of felonious assault.
"Did I mean to hurt anyone? No," he said. "Our family doesn't have a good relationship with Worthington police, so we sought our own home defense. I fired shots to drive them away."
When asked what he would say to the victim and her family, Davis replied, "Why was she engaging in delinquent behavior?"
Burton then asked Davis if he was sorry, to which he said, "Sorry for defending my family?"
Barezinsky's classmates have planned to hold a vigil on Wednesday at 8 p.m. at Thomas Worthington High School.
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