A Michigan teenager who is credited with using an uncommon weapon to save his sister from an abduction says he was “freaking out” when he reached for his slingshot
ALPENA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — — A 13-year-old Michigan boy whoto save his 8-year-old sister from an attempted kidnapping said he was"freaking out" and simply reached for something that could stop the attack.
"So I grab my slingshot and open the window and I grab two things — a marble and a gravel rock or something," Owen BurnsPolice said Owen struck the 17-year-old assailant in the head and chest, and his sister was able to get away.The attempted kidnapping occurred on May 10 outside the family's home in Alpena Township. Owen's sister was outside looking for mushrooms.Owen heard a scream while playing video games but figured his sister was just"messing around” with friends.
“So I looked out the window and saw her being abducted by a person and I’m like freaking out,” Owen said. That's when he grabbed his slingshot. Police caught the suspect and said he had visible wounds. The teen has been charged with attempted kidnapping and other crimes.He said the boy saved his sister's life or at least prevented “something seriously bad happening to her.”“If I wasn’t out there and I didn’t hear her scream, then she was gone," he said.
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