Owen Burns: the 13-year old hero from Michigan, who saved his 8-year sister from a vicious attack with a slingshot. He struck the attacker on the chest and head. Perpetrator was later identified with an egg-sized knob on his forehead.

“On May 10, 2023, Margaret Burns left her home in Alpena Township, Michigan, and went to visit a family member who lived down the street. Her son, 13-year-old Owen Burns, was in his bedroom playing video games, and her unnamed 8-year-old daughter was mushroom-hunting in the backyard. Owen heard his sister scream but assumed she was simply goofing off with her friends. However, when he heard her let out a second scream, he realized his sister was in danger. Owen looked out his bedroom window and saw an unknown male who had come through the woods and onto their property. The attempted kidnapper had put his hands over the 8-year-old’s mouth, had his arm around her waist, and was attempting to pull her into the woods. Owen sprung into action, located a slingshot on his bed that his mother had bought on clearance for $3, and grabbed a marble and a rock. He then opened his bedroom window and fired at his sister’s attacker. After the attacker had been struck in between the eyes and in the chest, Owen’s sister was able to break free and run into the house. The attacker, however, fled into the woods. The siblings then frantically called their mother, who raced home and contacted the police.

Officers later located the unnamed 17-year-old suspect hiding at a gas station with a marble-induced goose egg on his head and injuries that were consistent with the slingshot strikes. The suspect confessed that he had “planned on severely beating the victim.”The suspect was charged as an adult with attempted kidnapping/child enticement, one count of attempted assault to do great bodily harm less than murder, and one count of assault and battery” – Julie Henthorn (Listverse, 2023)

– 2nd Source, The Guardian: https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/20/michigan-boy-saved-sister-kidnapping-slingshot-speaks

Edit: “Goose-egg” was clarified as the injury to the forehead as a result of being struck with an object flung from the slingshot. Not the size of the injury.

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he would be so proud

I have an egg sized knob. I wish it was on my head.

Little man out here being the real-life hero we all needed. Protect your family, king!

Sniper King

Good god that photographer did him dirty. Kid’s an actual hero, could’ve helped him pose better

Bad ass!

Good guy with a slingshot saves the day. What’s not to like?

This guy is the new David.

Hard to be cooler.

Slingshots used to be a military weapon in Roman times and there were specialized slingshot units from the Balearic islands serving alongside Roman legions.

Of course nowadays you don’t get to win a war with slingshots, but against an unarmored opponent with no firearm, they work precisely as well as they did in 1 AD; human heads are just as vulnerable to fast traveling stones as they used to be.

King.

This kids aim is impressive.

Who was viciously attacking his sister with a slingshot?