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'Why would you just come out shooting?' Mother of 14-year-old boy killed by homeowner questions man's account

CHICAGO - Tyiesha Annan sounded tired, but mostly angry, as she talked about her 14-year-old son and the questions she has for the homeowner in Lake County, Ill., who shot and killed him, telling police he fired his gun to scare the boy and five other teens off his property.

"Why would you just come out shooting?" Annan asked. "Two things are for certain. He shot him in the head. You knew what you were doing when you shot my baby in the head."

Annan has spent

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