Little Falls Man Charged in Shooting Death of 2 Teens Breaking Into His Home
Monday, November 26, 2012 - 11:05am
AP
Little Falls, MN
LITTLE FALSS - A Minnesota man has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder in the shooting deaths of two teenagers he says broke into his home.Byron David Smith, 64, is charged in a criminal complaint filed Monday.
The complaint quotes Smith telling investigators he shot 17-year-old Nicholas Brady Schaffel and 18-year-old Haile Kifer as they came down into his basement.
The complaint says Smith told investigators he fired ''more shots than I needed to.''
He told them he was afraid the teens might have a weapon.
