A 13-year-old boy used a slingshot to save his younger sister from being kidnapped.
Youngster Owen Burns heard his eight-year-old sibling scream outside as he played a video game and initially thought she was playing until he heard another.
He looked out of his window and saw an assailant attempting to abduct his sister so he grabbed his slingshot, opened the window and fired.
Owen, from Michigan, told WWTV/WWUP-TV in Cadillac that he was "freaking out".
He said: "I looked out the window and saw her being abducted by a person and I'm like freaking out.
"So I grab my slingshot and open the window and I grab two things - a marble and a gravel rock or something.
"I was just lucky. He's just a big target because he's not like one Pepsi can."
Police confirmed Owen hit the 17-year-old suspect in the head and chest -giving him visible wounds and allowing his sister to escape.
The attempted kidnapping occurred on May 10 outside the family's home in Alpena Township while Owen's sister was outside looking for mushrooms.
The teen has been charged with attempted kidnapping and other crimes.
State police 1st Lt. John Grimshaw said Owen's actions were "extraordinary."
He said the boy saved his sister's life or at least prevented "something seriously bad happening to her."
Owen said he had to act.
"If I wasn't out there and I didn't hear her scream, then she was gone," he said.
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