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13 Year Old Shoots Burglar

LADSON, S.C. -- Authorities have identified a would-be burglar who was fatally shot by a 13-year-old who was home alone and used his mother's gun.


The Charleston County Coroner's Office told media outlets that ^ 31-year-old Lamar Brown of Summerville died Tuesday.


^ Ira Bennett, 28, of North Charleston was also arrested and charged with first degree burglary and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime.

The county sheriff's office says the boy told deputies that he heard someone trying to get into the home Tuesday, so he got his mother's gun and went to the back door of the home.

Authorities say the boy told them he fired the gun through the door and the person outside fired back. They say Bennett drove Brown to the hospital, where he died.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/authorities-...een-in-sc/