Your Life Means Nothing to The Bad Guys

They want your car or your money, and they will kill you for it. ‘Tried to take my life:’ Marion County man recounts being shot on his porch; 17-year-old arrested

No one died in this incident, but that is only thanks to excellent medical care.

A man is recovering after being shot on his own front porch, and deputies say they arrested a 17-year-old who is accused in the shooting.

Marion County deputies arrested 17-year-old Jeremy Pitts at Lake Weir High School on Nov. 14, just hours after the early-morning shooting at a home on Oak Lane.

This is was not a stranger. This was a neighbor, who he had paid to wash his car. 17-year-old Jeremy Pitts shot him anyway.

Proving again, that people you know can be a threat.

“It blew straight through my liver, and they had to remove my gallbladder,” [the injured homeowner] said.

Marion County, Florida is in the central part of the state. It is home to Ocala. It is about a 100 mile drive north of Tampa, or about a 90 mile drive northwest of Orlando.

Pitts is in juvenile detention awaiting arraignment, which is scheduled for late December.