ALPENA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A 13-year-old Michigan boy who used a slingshot to save his 8-year-old sister from an attempted kidnapping said he was “freaking out” and simply reached for something that ...

A quick-thinking boy who saw a would-be kidnapper try to abduct his 8-year-old sister fought off her assailant by firing at him with a slingshot, police say. The incident happened at an undisclosed ...

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Owen Burns, a 13-year-old Michigan boy, is being credited with saving his sister's life after he fended off a would-be kidnapper by shooting him with a slingshot. The Michigan State Police said an ...

A 17-year-old suspect has been charged with attempted kidnapping, police said. A teenager helped save his younger sister from an alleged kidnapper by shooting the suspect with his slingshot, Michigan ...