A 15-year-old boy suspected of shooting his stepfather through a bedroom door following an argument Tuesday at an east Vancouver home told police he didn’t intend to shoot the man and didn’t realize the gun’s safety was off, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Timothy E. Burks appeared in Clark County Juvenile Court on Wednesday morning in shackles to hear the allegations against him.
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