Her Yard.
The nerve of this 17 year old girl right?
Maybe he will get off on "Stand Your Ground" (on other people's property).
The nerve of this 17 year old girl right?
BEMIDJI, Minn. A northern Minnesota man was charged Wednesday with shooting a 17-year-old girl several times after authorities say she told him not to ride his lawn mower through her yard.
Chad Pickering, 40, of Bemidji appeared in Beltrami County court on a felony charge of attempted first-degree murder. Bail was set at $300,000.
Pickering shot the teen three times as she stood on the deck of her home Monday night, the criminal complaint said. The teen was shot in her chest, right thigh and left ankle. She was taken to a Duluth hospital.
Pickering is due back in court Monday. A phone message left for his public defender was not immediately returned Wednesday.
Records show Pickering is in custody in the Beltrami County Jail. A message left on the jail's voicemail for inmates was not immediately returned.
The teen told authorities she had gone outside to tie up her barking dog when she saw the shadow of someone crouching in the yard. She said she heard three gunshots and felt bullets striking her. The teen said she fell on the deck and had to pull herself into the house, because she could not walk, to call 911.
Investigators said they found three spent .45-caliber shells in the grass near the deck. Authorities also found an area about 75 to 100 feet south of the home where someone apparently had been lying in the grass beneath a pine tree.
Charges: Bemidji man shot 17-year-old girl after she told him not to ride mower in her yard | Star Tribune
Maybe he will get off on "Stand Your Ground" (on other people's property).