Armed teen shot after trying to steal sunglasses from man with concealed carry license in Detroit. Video Below.
DETROIT (WXYZ) -(Ammoland.com)- Police say a 17-year-old remains in the hospital in critical condition after the young father he tried robbing shot him several times.
It happened late Wednesday afternoon near the corner of Warren and Grayton on the city’s east side.
Angela Lanier tells 7 Action News her 24-year-old son Joe fired his gun when the teenager tried robbing him while he was sitting in his car. She says he was on the job as an exterminator when the teenager pulled a gun on him for his sunglasses.
Joe Lanier says, “The boy tried to rob me, and I shot him. That’s what happened.”
He also went on to say, “That’s why he’s in the hospital and not me.”
Lanier has a concealed carry license and his mother is an instructor herself, who says she’s taught all of her sons how to responsibly operate a gun.
Her son fired his gun seven times. The windows of his car were blown out.
Police are still investigating.