A 14-year-old Florida girl is in the hospital recovering from gunshot wounds after she and another child broke into a home and found guns they used to shoot at deputies, officials say.
A 14-year-old Florida girl was at a hospital Wednesday recovering from gunshot wounds after she and another child broke into a home and found guns they used to shoot at deputies, officials said.
"Nobody comes to work to shoot and kill anybody. We certainly don't come to work to get into gunfights with 12- and 14-year-olds," Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said at a news conference. About two and a half hours later, he said, deputies were informed of a break-in at a home and arrived to find shattered windows.
Chitwood praised the actions of his deputies and said they acted with restraint to try and de-escalate the situation. At one point, one threw a personal cell phone inside the house to try and communicate with the children.Parts of body camera and other video released by the sheriff's office Wednesday recorded the sound of gunfire and showed a deputy taking cover behind a tree and telling others a long gun was being pointed at him.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement will investigate the shooting, which the sheriff's office said was standard.
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