CORPUS CHRISTI -- Corpus Christi police say a 14-year-old boy shot and killed a man who broke into his family's home and threatened him and his mother on Tuesday.
The man, whose name wasn't released, confronted a woman as she was carrying groceries into her home, Police Chief Bryan Smith said.
The man forced her inside and tied her and her son up.
The woman was able to loosen the binding and free her son, who got his father's revolver from a security box beneath a bed, Smith said.
The suspect tried to break into the room where the two were and threatened to kill them both -- then the teen fired a shot through the door, Smith said.
The intruder was shot in the head.
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