Jensen La Vende 

A teenag­er who tried to rob a man sell­ing a dog on Sat­ur­day morn­ing was killed.

It was lat­er re­vealed that the weapon he used was a toy gun.

Around 3:25 pm, a 61-year-old man and his 10-year-old daugh­ter were de­liv­er­ing a dog to Main­gotville, Clax­ton Bay. Up­on ar­rival, the 18-year-old, who pre­tend­ed to be a cus­tomer, told them to dri­ve to Ben Win­ches­ter Street. There, he pulled out a gun, de­mand­ed the dog and oth­er valu­ables, and an­nounced a rob­bery.

The teen, iden­ti­fied as Chris­t­ian Pat­ter­son from Pranz Gar­dens, Clax­ton Bay, aimed the gun at them. The vic­tim, a li­censed gun own­er, feared for his life and his daugh­ter's safe­ty. In re­sponse, he fired eight shots at Pat­ter­son, who ran a short dis­tance be­fore col­laps­ing.