The call went out as a home invasion, but when police got to the scene
they quickly heard a different story. Police said the three boys did not
try to break into the home.
"Currently, the investigation suggests that the juveniles were engaged
in neighborhood pranks and not attempting to break into the residence,"
said Chief of Police Steven W. Lemmings.
Cole Peyton is a freshman at Pryor High School.
Pryor Police said he and two friends were walking through
Peyton's neighborhood at around 1:30 on New Year's morning, ringing some
doorbells and running off, when the prank resulted in gunshots.Samantha
Perry lives down the street and saw the teens earlier in the night. She
didn't hear the shots fired but saw the sirens.
"I mean, that's just kids being kids right there, I don't think there
should've been anything like that involved," she said. Lemmings said the
teens were trespassing on the man's property when he fired several
shots while outside his home.
"The investigation now centers around whether the homeowner's use of deadly force was lawful or illegal. No
arrests have been made at this point," Chief Lemmings said.
Peyton's mother, now with her son at a Tulsa hospital, said the boys
rang the doorbell earlier in the night and were coming home when the
boys walked past the house again, and the shooting started.
Peyton told her the man yelled, "Hey," then shot him in the back, to
which he yelled to his friends, "Run!"
Peyton was also shot in the arm. The other bullet punctured his liver
and went through his body.
The shooter has not been arrested and the Mayes County district attorney
is looking into whether the shooting was lawful.
"The investigation now centers around whether the homeowner's use of deadly force was lawful or illegal. No
arrests have been made at this point," Chief Lemmings said.
Peyton's mother, now with her son at a Tulsa hospital, said the boys
rang the doorbell earlier in the night and were coming home when the
boys walked past the house again, and the shooting started.
Peyton told her the man yelled, "Hey," then shot him in the back, to
which he yelled to his friends, "Run!"
Peyton was also shot in the arm. The other bullet punctured his liver
and went through his body.
The shooter has not been arrested and the Mayes County district attorney
is looking into whether the shooting was lawful.
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