14-Year-Old Uses Slingshot to Save Sister from Alleged Kidnapper

A 14-year-old used a slingshot to save his sister from an alleged kidnapper in Michigan last week. Per ABC News, the Michigan State Police Department said in a press release that the "unknown male appeared from the woods" and entered the siblings' property in a rural area of Alpena County on Wednesday, when the 8-year-old girl was mushroom hunting. The suspect grabbed the young girl, put a hand over her mouth and the other arm around her waist, and attempted to pull her into the woods. 

Lieutenant John Grimshaw from the Michigan State Police Department told WGTU that the girl’s older brother witnessed what was happening and used a slingshot to fire two shots at the suspect — one to his head and the other to his chest — which allowed his sister to break free. The suspect was identified as a 17-year-old from Alpena.

ABC News reports, the suspect was later found by state troopers hiding at a nearby gas station. Grimshaw said the teen’s heroic actions helped them identify the 17-year-old, as he had injuries on his body from the slingshot. The teenager was taken into custody and allegedly confessed that he "planned on severely beating the victim.”

Per NBC News, the suspect, who’s name has not been released, has been charged as an adult with one count of attempted kidnapping/child enticement, one count of attempted assault to do great bodily harm less than murder and one count of assault and battery.