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    Teen planning homecoming photos said he was 'going to die' after being shot

    By Nadine El-Bawab,

    27 days ago

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    A Colorado teenager who was shot in the face while looking for a place to take homecoming photos said he knew he was bleeding and told deputies he screamed "I was going to die," according to an affidavit.

    The teenager is hospitalized with serious injuries, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office. Medical professionals told the sheriff's office they believed there was a fragment of a bullet in the teen's head, according to the affidavit.

    Officers responded to a report of two trespassers on a property on Tuesday to find one of two teens shot in the face. The homeowner had also called her boyfriend to report the trespassers, according to the sheriff's office.

    A 17-year-old and his friend left a Colorado high school around 3:30 p.m. and went looking for a place to take homecoming pictures this weekend, the affidavit said.

    MORE: Teen shot in the face while looking for location to take homecoming pictures: Sheriff's office

    The teens drove around and saw a house with a lake and a dock. They stopped to try to contact the homeowner to get permission to take photos near the lake, according to an affidavit.

    The boys parked in front of the gate, walked up the driveway to the house and knocked on the door, but received no answer, the affidavit said.

    They then walked down the driveway and returned to the car, which was parked on the roadway near the property. One of the boys then took out his school binder and was writing a note to leave for the homeowner when they saw a truck pull up and block their car, the affidavit said.

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    Jefferson County Sheriffs Office - PHOTO: The booking photo for Brent Metz.

    The driver then got out of the truck and walked toward the front of the car, pulled a handgun from his holster and pointed it toward the boys. They then heard the handgun go off and saw the windshield glass shatter, the affidavit said.

    The boys told authorities they heard the truck driver say 'oh s---, my gun went off," according to the affidavit.

    The boy in the passenger seat then got out of the car, took off his shirt and ran around to the driver's side and began to help his friend, applying pressure to his wounds, according to the affidavit.

    The driver then tried to assist in rendering aid, but the boy pushed him away and asked why he shot his friend, the affidavit said.

    The victim told the sheriff's office he did not think the man "intentionally shot him," and he didn't see the gun but heard the shot. After the gun went off, the shooter tried to help the boy, according to the affidavit.

    The victim was "bleeding heavily from his face and had blood running down his arm" when officers responded to the scene, according to an affidavit. The 17-year-old's friend was holding a white t-shirt up to his face to put pressure on the wound, the affidavit said.

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    An apparent bullet hole in the windshield of the car was centered where the driver's seat was located.

    When an officer tried to ask the man -- 38-year-old Brent Metz -- if he had shot a gun, he did not answer the question and said he wanted to speak to his lawyer, the affidavit said.

    Metz told authorities the gun was in the truck for safety purposes and he was placed in handcuffs, according to the affidavit.

    Metz was then arrested and transported to the sheriff's office, where he was booked into jail for first degree assault, felony managing, illegal discharge of a firearm and reckless endangerment, according to the sheriff's office.

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    Stephanie Duck Wilridge
    26d ago
    I get it that they jumped the fence, which I thought it was a tall security fence. It was not. Just a regular fence that you see in rural areas for livestock. But the no trespass sign should not have been annoyed. They wanted to ask to take pictures there I get. The actions of the owner’s boyfriend was excessive.
    Guest
    26d ago
    Accident my ass, irresponsible gun owner need to be sent to prison.
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