Virginia teen shot and killed

Virginia's teenagers said that they had shot a ding-dong ditch prank for a TikTok video when a homeowner opened the fire and killed an 18-year-old boy.

The homeowner Tyler Chase Butler was arrested for murder second degree, malicious wound and use of a firearm in the commission of a crime when Michael Bosworth Jr. died. It is not clear whether Butler received a lawyer.

The shootout occurred on Saturday at 3 a.m., the Sheriff's Sheriff of the Sheriff of the Spotlvania County said in a press release. The MPs were sent in a house near the McKenzie Lane in Washington, DC, in suburb after a resident of the resident was demanded in which a resident had fired shots.

Bosworth and another person had suffered gunshot wounds, said the Sheriff's office. Bosworth was taken to the hospital, where he died of his injuries. The other person, a teenager, was treated and released. A third youth with them during the incident was intact, the authorities said.

The 27 -year -old Butler told the investigators that he believed that the teenagers tried to break into his house, NBC Washington reported.

According to an affidavit of the search command received by NBC News, one of the teenagers informed the detectives that they would absorb Ding-dong-ditch pranks for a Tikok video in which they ring the doorbell and then run away. The teenager said they were in a few houses in the neighborhood and was not familiar with the area.

“The young person said that they had to be hidden. The young person said when they ran from a residence, he and his friends were shot,” said the affidavit.

The other teenager gave a similar report and informed the detectives that according to an affidavit, he had a video of them on his phone.

Bosworth was a senior at the Massaponax High School. He was killed hours before graduation.

“School advisors will be on site at the event in order to provide support if necessary, said the district in a letter to the school community.” When the students return to school on Monday, our members of the advisory employee and additional members of the division will be supported to support our students and employees if necessary. If your child needs support, please contact the school so that we can help. Our thoughts are with the family in this difficult time. “

Butler is recorded in the Rappahannock regional prison for No Bond.