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)
Sarah Wilson joined WFTV Channel 9 in 2018 as a digital producer after working as an award-winning newspaper reporter for nearly a decade in various communities across Central Florida.