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FELONY, THIS IS NOT
NO MISDEMEANOR.
NO, NO, NO...
HOPEFULLY HE CAN
DO BETTER. "
HER SON
ACCUSED OF
SHOOTING A
LOCAL PASTOR
WITH A PELLET
GUN!
MOM'S NOT
HAPPY... IN FACT
-- SHE'S THE ONE
THAT TURNED
HER SON IN!
GOOD EVENING
EVERYONE AND
THANKS FOR
JOINING ME
TONIGHT.
JESSICA HAS
THE NIGHT OFF.
WE START
TONIGHT WITH A
SURPRISING
STORY: NOT
ONLY BECAUSE A
YOUNG BOY WAS
CAUGHT
COMMITTING A
CRIME... BUT
BECAUSE OF HIS
MOTHER'S PUSH
TO MAKE THINGS
RIGHT!
WOWT 6 NEWS'
DON GRANESE
WAS THERE AS
THAT MOTHER
AND A PASTOR
MET SHORTLY
AFTER THE
VERY CRIME
THAT LANDED
HER SON BEHIND
BARS:
THAT'S RIGHT
MATT... I CALLED
UP THE MOTHER
AND SHE WAS
NOT SHY TO TALK
WITH ME.
IN FACT SHE
HOPES THAT BY
TELLING THIS
STORY..OTHERS
MAY LEARN FROM
WHAT HER
FAMILY HAS
GONE THROUGH:
"THERE'S THIS GUY
IN THEM MIDDLE OF
THE ROAD POINTING
A GUN AT ME."
FATHER TOM
WAS JUST
PRAYING...HE
LIKES TO WALK
AS HE SAYS HIS
PRAYERS AT
NIGHT...BUT THIS
NIGHT A YOUNG
BOY FIRED HIS
PELLET GUN AT
THE PRIEST.
"WHAT ARE YOU
DOING?"
THE BOY
RAN...THE PRIEST
CALLED 9-1-1 AND
A NEIGHBOR
EVEN CAME OUT
TO PROTECT HIM
WITH A
CROSSBOW.
MINUTES LATER
AS FATHER TOM
WAITED FOR
POLICE...THE BOY
CAME
AGAIN...BUT THIS
TIME...DEMANDI
NG CASH.
"GIVE ME YOUR
MONEY, I WANT
YOUR MONEY. GET
EVERYTHING OUT OF
YOUR POCKETS."
THE PRIEST HAD
NO MONEY...THE
KID TOLD HIM TO
PUT HIS PHONE
DOWN...THE
PRIEST STOOD
HIS GROUND...SO
THE BOY FIRED
AGAIN.
FATHER TOM
THEN RAN
TOWARD HIM
WITH HIS
UMBRELLA AND
THE BOY RAN
HOME.
"I SEEN SOMEBODY
RUNNING REAL FAST
TOWARD THE
HOUSE."
HIS BIKE WAS
LEFT IN THE
GARAGE WITH
HIS
BACKPACK...ALL
OF HIS THINGS AS
HE RAN TO HIS
ROOM.
MOMENTS LATER
POLICE ARE ON
AT THEIR HOME
ASKING
QUESTIONS.
"ONE OFFICER IN HIS
ROOM SEARCHING
AND WAS LIKE, 'DO
YOU OWN A GUN, OR
AIRSOFT GUN?' HE
WAS LIKE
'NO,NO,NO.' BUT
COME TO FIND OUT
THE GUN WAS
SITTING RIGHT
THERE ON THE TV."
CAUGHT RED
HANDED...MOM
ACTUALLY
TURNED HIM IN.
HER SON WAS
ARRESTED...AND
HE NOW SITS IN
THE DOUGLAS
COUNTY YOUTH
CENTER.
"I MEAN I'M NOT A
MEAN MOM. I DO
EVERYTHING I CAN
TO HELP MY
CHILDREN, SUPPORT
MY KIDS IN THE BEST
WAY POSSIBLE, BUT
THIS RIGHT HERE I'M
NOT GOING TO
SUPPORT."
SHE SAYS HE
AND HIS FRIENDS
CALL
THEMSELVES
THE Y-O-
K...YOUNG
OMAHA KILLERS.
THEY
SOMETIMES
STEAL FROM
UNLOCKED CARS
OR SHOPLIFT.
SHE'S TRIED TO
GET HIM
HELP...COUSELI
NG...EVEN A
BEATING OR TWO
SHE ADMITS.
"TO THE PRIEST I DO
WANT TO
APOLOGIZE."
SO WE WENT
ACROSS THE
STREET WITH
HER TO TALK TO
FATHER TOM.
WE INTRODUCED
OURSELVES...A
ND I LET THEM
HAVE A PRIVATE
MOMENT...PRIEST
TO MOM.
"THAT'S VERY
COURAGEOUS FOR A
MOTHER TO TURN IN
YOUR SON AND SAY
HE'S BEEN DOING
SOMETHING BAD. I
REALLY APPLAUD
THAT. THAT'S A VERY
HIGH CHARACTER
PERSON. I REALLY
THINK HIGHLY OF
HER."
"I'LL MOVE ON, I
JUST, I PRAY FOR
HIM."
BUT AFTER THE
BOY GETS OUT
OF THE YOUTH
CENTER...MOM
SAYS SHE WILL
CONTINUE TO
LAY DOWN THE
LAW.
"I NEED YOU TO BE
VERY RESPECTFUL,
HONEST LOVING,
TRUSTWOR
THY.RIGHT NOW
YOU HAVE BROKE
EVERYTHING. I DON'T
HAVE NO TRUST NO
NOTHING SO,
HOPEFULLY YOU'LL
LEARN YOUR
LESSON."
SHE HOPES
THAT BEING
BEFORE A JUDGE
AND GOING TO
THE YOUTH
CENTER IS A
WAKE-UP CALL
FOR HER SON TO
FINALLY TAKE ALL
THE BAD THINGS
HE'S DONE
SERIOUSLY.
FATHER TOM
TELLS ME HE'S
OK...JUST SOME
SMALL MARKS ON
HIS HEAD...BUT
HE'LL USE THIS
STORY IN HIS
SERMON SO
OTHERS MIGHT
LEARN FROM IT.
AS FOR THE
YOUNG BOY...WE
NOW KNOW
THERE'S AT
LEAST ONE MORE
PERSON PRAYING
FOR HIM
TONIGHT.
MATT...