Thread: Homeowner wounds would-be burglar - Wounded teen in custody

Homeowner wounds would-be burglar

Wounded teen in custody

By MARCUS K. GARNER
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Published on: 06/22/08

Fulton County police said they will consult with the district attorneys office before deciding on whether to charge a homeowner who shot and wounded a teenager charged with breaking into his townhouse Saturday evening.

"We're still looking into the homeowner," Fulton County police spokesman Scott McBride said Sunday. "We don't know if charges will be filed. [Investigators] have to talk with the [Fulton County] district attorney's office about that."

The homeowner, identified as Desonte Lindsey, 28, shot and wounded a teen breaking into his townhouse in the 6200 block of Flat Trace, near Union City, police said.

"The guy hears the front doorbell ring" just before 6 p.m., McBride said. "When he goes down to answer it, a 16-year-old kicks in his back door."

The man got a gun and fired twice at the teen, hitting him once in the arm, McBride said. The youth ran, and the man chased him into a nearby wooded area and lost him. Lindsey told police it was the second time this month his home had been broken into.

The teen was arrested after calling 911 to report he'd been shot, McBride said. He is charged with burglary and criminal trespass, McBride said. The teen underwent surgery at Southern Regional Medical Center on Saturday to remove a bullet from his arm.

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Good......I'm tired of these youths thinking it's a free ride to rob and steal and jump people as if being a "youth" exempts them from the consquences of their actions. They're playing with the big boys when they pull this stuff...around here half are armed as well so there's no way to know what to expect.