ORLANDO, Fla. — A 12-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl were in a shootout with deputies Tuesday night in Volusia County, arming themselves with weapons belonging to a house they had broken into.
The girl was transported to Central Florida Regional Hospital with life-threatening injuries after being shot during the incident, according to a Volusia County Sheriff’s Office release. Charges against the two are pending, VCSO said.
The children, who will not be identified in this report as the Orlando Sentinel does not release the names of juveniles, had run away from Florida United Methodist Children’s Home located in Enterprise. They were reported missing at around 5 p.m. It was also reported the boy was diabetic and in need of medication. He also hit a member of the Methodist group with a stick before leaving.
