“Oh s–, my gun went off!” the suspect allegedly exclaimed after firing through a windshield at one of two teenagers who were reportedly hoping to take homecoming photos on the property.
A Colorado teen is in the hospital and a man is behind bars after the latter allegedly shot the high school student in the face through the windshield of a car.
According to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office , deputies were sent to a home in Conifer, CO on Tuesday around 4:15pm, after receiving a call from a homeowner about trespassers on her property. Per police, the woman also called her boyfriend — suspect Brent Metz — about the people she spotted via surveillance camera near the home.
By the time deputies arrived at the scene, a shooting had already occurred, as Metz had allegedly reached the location before authorities.
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“As he approached, the deputy could see a juvenile male bleeding heavily from his face, as a second juvenile applied pressure to his friend’s wounds with a t-shirt,” said the sheriff’s department, who added Metz was standing near the two teens.