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Shawn Christian Cain, 17,
Shawn Christian Cain, 17,
A homeowner on the Northwest Side was shot Jan. 16, 2017, by two suspects following a car break-in in the 5500 block of Timber Hawk. Editor’s note: The house number in this image had been altered to help protect the identity of the victim.
A homeowner on the Northwest Side was shot Jan. 16, 2017, by two suspects following a car break-in in the 5500 block of Timber Hawk. Editor’s note: The house number in this image had been altered to help
A teen who allegedly shot a homeowner who was filming him as he broke into a neighbor’s vehicle is also accused of shooting at another person during a botched drug deal.
Shawn Christian Cain, 17, was already in jail when he was charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in separate incidents. His bail totaled $200,000.
According to his arrest warrant affidavit, Cain and another unidentified accomplice were being filmed as they were breaking into a vehicle on Jan. 16 in the 5500 block of Timber Hawk.
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The 37-year-old resident filming them confronted the pair as they approached his vehicle, investigators said in the affidavit.
As he told the pair he had been filming them and that he called the police, one of the suspects shot him in both legs, police said at the scene.
When investigators later showed the victim photos of potential suspects, he identified Cain as the who man shot him, according to the affidavit.
In a separate incident on New Year’s Day, Cain is accused of being with two other teens waiting to begin a drug deal in the 2000 block of Bandera Road, according to another arrest warrant.
Cain told investigators that when a 16-year-old boy drove up to sell them marijuana, he gave him $75 at the driver’s side window.
When the driver pulled away without giving him the marijuana, he fired several shots at the teen’s vehicle, according to the affidavit. The driver was shot in his pinky and ring fingers.
Although one of Cain’s accomplice’s had a handgun, Cain admitted to detectives he was the only one firing shots at the vehicle.
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