- A 14-year-old girl was hospitalized and a 12-year-old boy was taken into custody after a shootout with police in Florida, the local sheriff’s department said.
- Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood told NBC Miami that the kids had broken into a house after running away from their juvenile home.
- While inside the home, a shootout ensued, Chitwood said.
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A 14-year-old girl was hospitalized and a 12-year-old boy was taken into custody following a shootout with authorities in Florida on Tuesday, the local sheriff’s department said.
Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood told NBC Miami that the boy and girl had ran away from their juvenile home and were reported missing on Tuesday evening.
Chitwood said deputies ultimately found the kids inside a home that had been broken into.
Deputies contacted the home’s owner, who was not present but told officers that there was a shotgun and an AK-47 inside the home.
As deputies tried to coax the children out of the home, the girl threatened to kill a sheriff’s sergeant and she and the boy fired guns at the deputies, Chitwood said.
“They were traversing the length of that house and opening fire on deputies from different angles,” Chitwood told NBC Miami. “They were out on the pool deck, they shot from the bedroom window, they shot from the garage door. This is like Bonnie and Clyde at 12 years old and 14 years of age.”
Deputies fired back, and ultimately struck the girl.
The girl was taken to a nearby hospital where she is in stable condition after surgery, Chitwood said.
It remains unclear what charges the kids will face.
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