Two children in Florida ran away from a group home, broke into a house and engaged in a shootout with law enforcement officers responding to the scene, authorities said on Wednesday.
A 12-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl found guns inside a home they broke into in Enterprise, Florida, and fired on sheriff’s deputies, the Volusia County sheriff’s office said in a statement.
The girl was shot and wounded after she pointed a shotgun at deputies.
“The 12-year-old boy, armed with an AK-47, finally put down his weapon shortly thereafter and was not injured,” the sheriff’s statement said.
Body cam footage released on Wednesday showed deputies hiding behind tre…
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