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12 year old kills intruder7/31/2023 ![]() ![]() Lutz said he isn’t one to want notoriety – he’s a former gymnast and is a musician. He’s lived in Ellport for more than 30 years and won’t let this incident slow him down. Currently, there’s a large piece of cardboard over the window that the intruders broke to turn the bolt and open the door. The front door likely will have to be replaced. Late Friday morning, his gun was on his hip in a light brown holster as he assessed the damage to his home. We should never stop law-abiding people from having guns.” “I’m a hard believer of guns – not gun control. “I don’t carry it all the time, but I probably should carry it more,” he said. ![]() Lutz said he’s had a gun permit for as long as he can remember and advocates for people to carry. Kingston said police have not identified the second intruder and, as of Friday afternoon, had not released the identity of the first intruder. “The other guy called his name – I forget what his name was,” Lutz said, “but was saying, ‘You alright, you alright?’ Lutz was on the ground, his arm bleeding, when the second intruder realized his partner was dead. Lutz said the bullet went “clean through” the first intruder. The one the bullet went through, he got up and he fell over here dead.” “He and the other guy grabbed me and pulled me down on the floor here, and we rolled around on the floor, scuffling. “(The first man) grabbed me he was still alive,” Lutz said. He said he believes the bullet might have struck both men. The first man went to grab him, and Lutz shot him. Lutz sat in his kitchen, just next to where the first intruder died, holding his injured right arm and retelling the story of how he came out of his bedroom to find two men in the hallway. Inside the home on Jamison Avenue, there’s no sign of the struggle or death that happened less than 12 hours earlier. Lutz shot and killed one of the intruders. ![]() Two unidentified men broke into the 84-year-old’s home around 1:20 a.m.Friday, Ellwood City police Lt. “I think they wanted money for drugs probably.” “If not, I might have been killed,” Lutz said. That action saved his life Friday morning, Lutz believes. The victim’s husband and boy’s father, Djuan Cook, is an officer with the Birmingham Police Department and was working at the time of the shooting, the outlet reported.Īgee said: “This offense is a tragedy for the Cook family and the entire community.ELLPORT - Every night, Don Lutz sleeps with his. “The family has been cooperative throughout the process and the child will remain with them.” ![]() “Evidence on the scene supports that the shooting was unintentional and the offense will be addressed through the Family Court system,” he continued. “The child eventually gave a true account of what happened,” Deputy Chief Agee said in a second release. "The boy accidentally discharged the weapon, striking his mother,” Deputy Chief David Agee said in an updated statement. However, investigators determined there was something off about the boy’s story. “There appeared to be no forced entry into the home and a man was seen fleeing from the residence shortly before the 911 call was made,” the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said in the initial news release. Her son, whose identity has not been released, originally told cops that an intruder entered the house. A 12-year-old Alabama boy confessed to police that he, not an intruder, fatally shot his mother in their home.Īyobiyi Cook, 29, was found dead in her Forestdale, Ala., home on Aug. ![]()
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