A teen boy in Michigan fought off his sister’s kidnapper with a slingshot, state police say.
A Michigan teen used his slingshot to fight off a would-be kidnapper that emerged from the woods and tried to snatch his 8-year-old sister, state police said.
Michigan State Police responded to the home in Alpena County, Michigan on Wednesday to a report of an attempted kidnapping, according to The Detroit News
According to the paper, police said the girl was “hunting for mushrooms” in her backyard when a 17-year-old boy came out of the woods, grabbed her, and covered her mouth.
The girl managed to break free from her attacker while her 14-year-old brother used his slingshot to hit him in the head and chest, police said, according to The Detroit News.
According to WPBN, a local NBC affiliate, state troopers said they found the suspect hiding at a gas station near the house with noticeable injuries to his head and chest from the slingshot.
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