Man Shoot Teen For Laughing At Him

Gary, Indiana police say a 13-year-old boy was fatally shot by a neighbor who became enraged when the teen laughed at him when the man discovered that his home had been burglarized.
 

Lt. Thomas Pawlak tells the Post-Tribune Kobe Jones was pronounced dead Friday evening at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds.

Pawlak says a neighbor shot Jones nine times after the teen laughed at him as the man began yelling in anger outside his burglarized home at the 1000 block of Polk Street.

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Shot dead: Kobe Jones, 13, was allegedly shot by his neighbor because he laughed at him after his Indiana home was burglarized just hours before

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Heartbroken: Kobe's stepmother told reporters that the death of a child is 'a horrible thing' as she mourns her stepson's untimely death on Friday evening

The home was burglarized at around 12:30 p.m. and when the shooter and his girlfriend returned home five hours later they were visibly upset and 'making a scene'.

Pawlak says the man and his girlfriend fled the crime scene in a car but returned about two hours later and were arrested.

He says they were being held at the city jail and charges are pending.

Story adapted from Daily mail