‘Tried to take my life:’ Marion County man recounts being shot on his porch; 17-year-old arrested

MARION COUNTY, Fla. – A man is recovering after being shot on his own front porch, and deputies say they arrested a 17-year-old who is accused in the shooting.

Marion County deputies arrested 17-year-old Jeremy Pitts at Lake Weir High School on Nov. 14, just hours after the early-morning shooting at a home on Oak Lane .

Robert Ciampa says the shooting happened in the front yard of his home in Silver Springs Shores. Champa says his family heard a noise outside, and when he went to open the door, he found a boy with a hoodie over his head and a mask on, and when he went to confront him, he was shot…

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