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No charges for man who killed son he mistook for intruder

Police tape cordons off a home Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, in Cincinnati, where police says a father, who believed he was confronting an intruder in his home, fatally shot his 14-year-old son, who he thought was on his way to school. Authorities said the father called 911 and the boy was taken to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, where he died. (Patrick Brennan/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT; NO SALES Police tape cordons off a home Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, in Cincinnati, where police says a father, who believed he was confronting an intruder in his home, fatally shot his 14-year-old son, who he thought was on his way to school. Authorities said the father called 911 and the boy was taken to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, where he died. (Patrick Brennan/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT; NO SALES

By Associated Press January 13, 2016 1 min read

CINCINNATI (AP) – An Ohio prosecutor says no charges will be filed against a man who fatally shot his 14-year-old son after mistaking him for an intruder.

Hamilton County Prosecutor Joseph Deters said Wednesday that the 72-year-old man won’t be charged in the Tuesday morning shooting in the basement of the Cincinnati-area home.

Deters says that the man had watched his son, Georta (JOR’-tuh) Mack, walk to the school bus and that the boy called his father to say he was on the bus.

Later, the man heard a noise in the basement and got his handgun before investigating. The father says when he opened a closet door, Georta jumped out and yelled, “Boo!”

The startled man fired a shot that hit the boy in the neck.

The father’s name wasn’t released.