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A Colorado teen was shot in the face by a town council member as he was looking for a place to take homecoming pictures, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said per KDVR.
The shooting of the 17-year-old teen unfolded on Tuesday (September 10) at a home in Mountain View, Colorado. The sheriff's office received a report from the homeowner of two trespassers on her property. The homeowner also called her boyfriend to inform him about the alleged trespassers.
The teen told deputies that he had driven to the property with another juvenile to see if they could use it as a location for homecoming photos. According to the sheriff's office, the boys parked their vehicle at the home's gate, jumped the fence, and walked up to the residence to speak with the owner.
When no one answered the door, the teens walked around the property to find out if anyone was home. After not finding anyone, the boys went back to their vehicle and began writing a note for the homeowner.
A man, identified by police as 38-year-old Brent Metz, a Mountain View council member, then pulled up next to their vehicle, exited his truck, and shot the 17-year-old driver through the windshield.
Deputies said they found the teenage boy bleeding heavily from his face and the second boy applying pressure to the gunshot wound with a T-shirt.
The 17-year-old was taken to the hospital, where he is still being treated for serious injuries.
Metz was arrested on counts of first-degree assault and illegal discharge of a firearm and two counts each of felony menacing and reckless endangerment.
“These kids were no longer on the property by the time the homeowner arrived,” Jacki Kelley, public information officer for the sheriff’s office, said in a statement. “They were in the car writing a note on a public roadway. So any threat that he thought he may have to deal with was no longer on his property.”
Kelley added that the teens will likely not face charges for trespassing.
“There’s nothing about this that appears to be malicious, with any intent to commit crimes when they jumped over that fence and went to contact that homeowner. It doesn’t exist as far as we can tell. So likely not going to be charging these kids with trespassing,” Kelley said.
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