Boy shot in Green Oak Township while ringing doorbells as prank

Police say a 15-year-old boy who was ringing doorbells as a prank in Green Oak Township was shot by a 69-year-old man at one of the homes.

Green Oak Township police said in a press release the boy and three other teens were ringing doorbells on Friday night in Green Oak Township.

They rang a doorbell in Country Lane Estates Subdivision, north of Ten Mile Road, at about 10:39 p.m., the release said. As they were running across the homeowner's lawn, he confronted them and shot the teen in the lower back, the release said.

WDIV Channel 4 in Detroit reported tonight that the weapon was a pellet gun.

The boy was taken to University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, where he was listed in stable condition. The other teens were not injured.

The 69-year-old man was arrested at his home and was taken to the Livingston County Jail. He was later released.

Neighbors in the area told WDIV the homeowner is particular about his yard and lawn.

One of the teen's friends told WDIV they were ringing doorbells on Sumac Lane as a prank when the homeowner confronted them.

"We were running away and the guy was outside and he yelled at us," the teen's friend said. "While we were running, he got shot, my friend, it hit him in the back, like inches away from his spine. Then we had to pick him up and carried him to my house."

Green Oak Township is north of Ann Arbor in Livingston County.

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