DeLand, Fla. — When a teenager tried to break into a DeLand house, he didn't count on the homeowner coming home as he was crawling through a window.
DeLand homeowner Daven Woulard opened fire on the 16-year-old he saw breaking into his house on East New Street (see map) Monday. The bullet didn't hit the teen, but the homeowner still helped police make an arrest; the homeowner held down the suspect until the police got there.
The man was driving down the road, coming back from the store and, as the man and his wife glanced toward their yard, they saw 16-year-old Jarrett Holloman's legs sticking out of their son's bedroom window. The window had been smashed with a brick.
"He was going in. He was trying to get all the way in." Woulard said.
Woulard had his 18-month-old son and his wife with him. Even though he didn't know who or how many people were in his home, he said he wasn't about to back off.
"Cause it's unnecessary that people should go through stuff like this, especially when you're working so hard for the stuff that you do have," he said.
After quickly pulling into his yard, Woulard grabbed his .44 Magnum handgun out of the car, a weapon he's carried with a permit for four years. He ran to the window and ordered the teen out.
"'Get down! 'Freeze!'" he said he yelled before firing a shot into the ground to back the order up.
Woulard said the teen didn't say anything as he held him to the ground and waited for police to show up.
"He's got a gun permit and this is his home and that's his family and he's protecting them," Daven's mom, Debbie Woulard, said.
Police arrested Jarrett Holloman and charged him with burglary. He's being held by the Department of Juvenile Justice.