Followup NY: No Charges for Edward M. Bald, who Shot Boy Attempting Break-in

So they decided they were going to break in.

Bald was asleep at the time. The two youths went around to the backyard and the 12-year-old threw a brick-sized rock through a window, which was Bald's bedroom.

Bald woke up when the rock went through at about 11:25 a.m. He grabbed the shotgun from the top bunk.

Then a second, larger rock – almost boulder size, according to Flynn – was thrown towards the house because the youths wanted a bigger hole in the window. The second rock hit the side of the house and made the floor shake inside.

So Bald pointed his shotgun at the hole in the window and pulled the trigger.
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