What started as a burglary here at second amendment sports, quickly turned into a standoff between sheriff's and the three suspects.
But tonight residents, nearby employees and even the uncle of one of the suspects are shocked that three teenagers would attempt this type of crime.
“What were they thinking?”
“Yeah it's unusual, very unusual for around here.”
“Robbing a gun store, I mean that kind of scary.”
As the manager of a nearby shop, Mike Hood says he doesn't know why people think they can get away with such crimes, especially at a shop that sells guns.
“I just don't...it makes no sense why they think they could get in there and get out you know, but you never know what people are going to do,” said Hood.
A fact that leaves some parents like Redonna Massey even more scared.
“So it's scary that your kid could be around other teenagers that are like that. And they're in high school, they could be very well walking around with these kids and not know it,” said Massey.
As a frequent second amendment customer Sue Benson still has trouble processing their actions.
“That's all that can get through my mind is what were they thinking. That was the stupidest thing in the world to do,” said Benson.
But pure confusion came across the phone when speaking with Alfredo Reyes, the uncle, of 19 year old suspect Jonathan Eddington.
“He's never been arrested for any burglaries. He's never been in any scenarios at school. So his peers that we know, are all good kids,” said Reyes
And while the family is extremely upset, Reyes said that isn't stopping them from supporting him because they believe he was just a kid in the wrong place at the wrong time.
“To go in there and attempt such an act...we are...we're not happy over it. But we still love him and we're going to stand by him,” said Reyes.
Eddington's uncle said he will appear in court Tuesday afternoon and will be represented by a lawyer that the family has found.
