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Austin Kilcoyne is a 78-year-old ex-Marine, a gun collector, and a disabled former firefighter. Because his house had been robbed of money and guns last December, he kept a pistol hidden in his house. At about 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 23, Kilcoyne heard a noise and investigated. He found a vicious 14-year-old boy, who attacked him with a pair of pruning shears, using them to beat him on the head.
According to the Chicago Tribune, the boy then dragged Kilcoyne "around the house yelling, 'Tell me where the money is.'" When the teen released him to plunder the house, Kilcoyne managed to ...