Man, 65, kills teen who knocks him off bicycle

[GTH]

A 65-year-old man who was knocked off his bicycle by three teenagers on a Pennsylvania trail shot two of them, killing one, police said according to reports.

The Reading Eagle newspaper said the wounded teen, 16, was taken to hospital and the third, aged 15, was taken in for questioning and was later committed to a youth center.

The paper said the mother of the slain boy, 16, asked officials not to release his name until she had been able to tell other members of the family what happened.

The incident happened on the Thun Trail near a bridge over the Schuylkill River, between Reading and West Reading just after noon Wednesday.

"There was one juvenile who was shot and is deceased [and] another juvenile who was shot and is in surgery," Police Chief Jed Habecker said, according to a report by the WFMZ-TV station.

According to police, the 65-year-old was riding his bicycle when the teens knocked him to the ground, the station said.

Police said two teens then assaulted the man, who drew his gun and shot them.

The man was released by police after they consulted with District Attorney John Adams late Wednesday, WFMZ reported.

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[kelcarry]

Sounds like a reasonable assumption of imminent great bodily injury---good enough in SC to get you shot. In SC, if the shooting is considered a righteous shooting and is not prosecuted you are also immune from civil suits---I am sure the mommies will tell the press about their "good boys"--ya know the ones that knock an old man off his bike so they can assault him--just playin around. Then again playing with language is the way it is in this country---kindly remember that the moslem yelling for Allah as he shot all those soldiers at Ft Hood was in the throes of "workplace violence" not terrorism, and all those people entering our country as they break the law are not "illegals", they are undocumented workers. Sorry for getting off track.

[Lowjiber]

...and all those people entering our country as they break the law are not "illegals", they are undocumented workers. Sorry for getting off track.

I still follow California politics some, having lived (if you call it living) there for four years. I think it's funny that politicians who want to give even more to the illegals refer to them as "California residents". If a politician wants to place a radio commercial to get the word out about a new benefit for illegals, all they have to say is something like, "I'm fighting hard to make free (insert benefit here) available to all California residents."

[Nightmare45]

Sounds like a good shooting in Texas, three against one, younger and committing assualt.