Colorado Teens Make Big Mistake Leaving One Shot In The Face

With all that you and I may have heard about people being shot for just knocking on a door, one Colorado teen found out the hard way about trespassing.

Imagine, you're a teen out scouting a place to take some pictures, and you end up taking a bullet to your face. Things couldn't have gone worse for this teen, who could have avoided the whole situation.

The story gets even more tragic, as the shooter, and property owner, is on the town council.

Homecoming Photo Shoot Leads to Colorado Teen Being Shot

Two friends were trying to find a place to take photos after their school's homecoming dance. It sounds like an "adventure" kind of day: check out a few places, find the one that's "just right," come back on that night and get some great shots.

"Shots" would be the appropriate word, in this scenario.

According to the Colorado Sun, the two teens had come across a location in Conifer that they wanted to use, as it was on a lake and had a dock. They left their car on the side of the road, while they took a look. They made a big mistake by hopping a fence to head to the house, intending to ask the owner for permission for the photo shoot.

Trespassing Leads to Shooting in Conifer, Colorado

While the two found no one at home, the property's security system alerted the property owner's girlfriend that there was someone on their property.

That girlfriend alerted the property owner, who showed up, blocking the teens' car, where they were seated inside. The two were writing a note to leave asking for permission for the photo shoot. If only they had done that first, and not hopped the fence.

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Colorado City Council Member Shoots Trespassing Teen

Whether it was an accident or not, the property owner, a Mountain View city council member, took his gun out of its holster and pointed it at the windshield of the car where the two teens were; the gun went off and the teen in the driver's seat was shot in the face.

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This is tragic in the sense that it was a preventable mistake ("do not trespass") that needlessly escalated ("does this situation require a gun?") Mistakes that left one person seriously injured, and one arrested on several charges, including Illegal Discharge of a Firearm.