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RogueOne6/16/2011 5:03:26 am PDT

When this guy says “Stay off my lawn!” you better listen:

Ding-Dong-Ditch Shooting: Michael Bishop Of Louisville Charged With Shooting 12-Year-Old Over Prank
huffingtonpost.com


A Kentucky man has been charged with attempted murder after he shot a 12-year-old boy in the back for ringing his doorbell during a game of Ding Dong Ditch.

Jason Eberle of Louisville, was playing the game, which involves someone ringing a doorbell and running away, on Monday night with friends. The New York Post reports that after the kids rang 56-year-old Michael Bishop’s bell he came out onto his porch armed with a shotgun and opened fire, hitting Eberle in the back and shoulder.
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Eberle was hit in the shoulder and the back and suffered two collapsed lungs in the incident. He is currently being treated in hospital where his condition is described as “improving”.