Deputies in Volusia County, Florida, shot a 14-year-old girl on Tuesday night after she and a 12-year-old boy fled a group home, broke into a house, found multiple guns inside and then opened fire on deputies, according to Sheriff Mike Chitwood.
Florida childrenâs home pauses taking âat-riskâ kids after escape, gun battle
âWhat the hell is the Department of Juvenile Justice doing? Sending these kids to places that canât handle them,â the sheriff said.
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Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood holds a news conference Tuesday night outside a home where deputies traded gunfire with a boy, 12, and girl, 14, who had escaped from a group home. Deputies shot and injured the girl when she pointed a gun at them, Chitwood said. [ Volusia County Sheriff s Office ]
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DELTONA â A central Florida childrenâs home that two children ran away from before engaging sheriffâs deputies in a gun battle this week will stop accepting âat-riskâ children, officials said.
Nicole Jackson, 14, and Travis O Brien, 12, are accused of breaking into a home in Volusia County, Florida on Tuesday before shooting at officer as they tried to persuade them to surrender.
A Florida sheriff says his deputies did everything they could to de-escalate the situation after a 14-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy broke into a home, found weapons and opened fire on officers.