Sarah Larimer
The Washington Post
On Sunday, a 16-year-old boy walked up to a house in Apopka, Fla., and knocked on the door, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
Alvin Gene Knight, 50, answered, along with his 20-year-old stepson, Terrence Johnson. They were both carrying shotguns.
“Both men know the victim and do not care for him,” an arrest affidavit reads. According to the Orlando Sentinel, the teen was dating Knight’s stepdaughter.
When the door opened, the teen saw the firearms. A “verbal dispute” broke out, then escalated. Eventually, according to the sheriff’s office, the victim pressed his chin against a gun barrel, as a “show of defiance.”
“Soon thereafter,” the affidavit reads, “one of the shotguns being pointed at the victim was discharged.”
That, authorities in Orange County say, is how the 16-year-old was shot in the forehead, an injury that was not considered life-threatening.
“The victim told me initially he was not scared of Knight and Johnson and did not believe they were going to shoot when they pointed their guns at him,” the affidavit states. “The victim told me he did not want to be shot by Knight and thought Knight would not actually shoot him.”
Knight was arrested on a charge of aggravated battery with a firearm, Orange County jail records indicate. He has since posted bond.