Timeline: Sheriff gives minute-by-minute details of shootout between children, deputies

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood provided a minute-by-minute play-by-play of what happened leading up to an armed 14-year-old girl being shot by deputies on Tuesday.

Photos: Girl, 14, injured in shootout with deputies

Here’s the timeline Chitwood provided at a news conference late Tuesday night:

READ: Sheriff: Children, 12 and 14, used shotgun, AK-47 during shootout with Volusia deputies

5 p.m.: The 12-year-old boy and 14-year-old girl were reported missing shortly before 5 p.m. from Florida United Methodist Children’s Home.

Between 7:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.: Deputies said they were alerted to a break-in at a home on Enterprise Osteen Road.

8:28 p.m.: The first deputy arrives at the home and is met with gunfire, but does not return fire, according to the sheriff.

Watch at 4 p.m.: Volusia County sheriff to give update on shootout with armed children

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Volusia County deputy-involved shooting Both children fired at deputies several times throughout the incident as deputies attempted to resolve it peacefully, the sheriff’s office reported. (WFTV Staff)

8:31 p.m.: More deputies report that they’ve arrived on scene and are being fired at.

8:33 p.m.: A third group of deputies report gunfire from the home.

8:40 p.m.: The sheriff said the 14-year-old threatened to kill a deputy on scene.

READ: 14-year-old girl injured during deputy-involved shooting in Volusia County

8:54 p.m.: The sheriff said deputies threw a cellphone into the home to try to talk to the pair. The sheriff said the 14-year-old came out of the garage with a pump shotgun and pointed it at deputies. He said despite warnings to drop it, she walked back into the garage, came back out a second time, and was shot by deputies.

Watch Chitwood discuss the case below (warning: Contains graphic language):

Video: Sheriff Chitwood discusses shootout between deputies, children, 12 and 14 Sheriff Mike Chitwood gave a news conference outside the property where he said two children got in a shootout with deputies. Warning: Contains graphic language

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Video: Sheriff: Children, 12 and 14, used shotgun, AK-47 during shootout with Volusia deputies The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said a 14-year-old girl was shot and wounded when she pointed a shotgun at deputies after she and a 12-year-old boy were inv (Christy Turner, WFTV.com)