{"id":7881,"date":"2025-09-02T12:57:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T12:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=7881"},"modified":"2025-09-02T12:57:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T12:57:57","slug":"13-year-old-boy-stops-kidnapper-with-a-3-toy-his-mom-bought-for-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=7881","title":{"rendered":"13-year-old boy stops kidnapper with a $3 toy his mom bought for him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"99\" data-end=\"150\"><strong data-start=\"99\" data-end=\"150\">Teen Saves Sister from Kidnapper with Slingshot<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"152\" data-end=\"411\">It was a normal afternoon when 13-year-old Owen Burns heard his 8-year-old sister screaming outside their Michigan home. Initially annoyed, thinking she was just goofing around, he looked out his window\u2014and froze. A stranger was dragging her toward the woods.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"413\" data-end=\"735\">Acting fast, Owen grabbed his $3 slingshot and whatever ammo he could find\u2014a marble and a rock. He struck the kidnapper in the head and chest, forcing him to release his sister. The suspect fled, and police later found him hiding nearby. He was a 17-year-old who now faces multiple charges, including attempted kidnapping.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"737\" data-end=\"955\">Owen\u2019s quick thinking and sharpshooting saved his sister from what could have been a tragic fate. &#8220;Extraordinary,&#8221; said Lt. John Grimshaw. Even Owen\u2019s mom was stunned: \u201cIt just didn\u2019t sound real\u2014until there was proof.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"737\" data-end=\"955\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-main-thumbnail size-main-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/05\/19093123\/kidnapper8282-664x350.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/05\/19093123\/kidnapper8282-664x350.jpg 664w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/05\/19093123\/kidnapper8282-400x210.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/05\/19093123\/kidnapper8282-412x216.jpg 412w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/05\/19093123\/kidnapper8282.jpg 1200w\" alt=\"\" width=\"664\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teen Saves Sister from Kidnapper with Slingshot It was a normal afternoon when 13-year-old Owen Burns heard his 8-year-old sister screaming outside their Michigan home. Initially annoyed, thinking she was just goofing around, he looked out his window\u2014and froze. A stranger was dragging her toward the woods. Acting fast, Owen grabbed his $3 slingshot and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=7881\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;13-year-old boy stops kidnapper with a $3 toy his mom bought for him&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7882,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7881"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7884,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7881\/revisions\/7884"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}