Two US children, armed with AK-47 and shotgun, in shoot-out with officers
- The boy, 12, and girl, 14, found the firearms in a house they broke into after running away from a group home
- The girl was shot and wounded and is in stable condition after surgery; the boy was uninjured
Two children in Florida ran away from a group home, broke into a house and engaged in a shoot-out with law enforcement officers responding to the scene, authorities said on Wednesday.
A 12-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl found guns inside a home they broke into in Enterprise, Florida, and fired on sheriff’s deputies, the Volusia County sheriff’s office said in a statement.
The girl was shot and wounded after she pointed a shotgun at deputies.
“The 12-year-old boy, armed with an AK-47, finally put down his weapon shortly thereafter and was not injured,” the sheriff’s statement said.
Body cam and helicopter footage released on Wednesday showed deputies hiding behind trees as shots rang out around them. The footage of when the girl was shot was blurred. The audio of the video painted a frantic scene as deputies rushed to provide medical aid to the girl, who was screaming in pain.
She underwent surgery and was in stable condition, authorities said. No sheriff’s deputies were hurt in the Tuesday night shooting.