During a home invasion of their house, the two fled the residence when armed assailant shot one of their dogs. They left their 8-year-old son behind to fend for himself.
An 8-year-old boy slept in his room Tuesday morning while gunmen forced their way into his house, shot and killed a family dog and sent his parents fleeing to the street.
Kevin Dummett, 35, and Kellin Hahn, 26, were the targets of two attempted robberies at their home Tuesday — both carried out by the same two men, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said.
The men approached Dummett in his driveway and tried to rob him at 12:15 a.m. He didn’t call 911. When the gunmen returned at 6 a.m. and broke in through the back door, the family pit bull charged them and was immediately shot.
Hahn and Dummett fled the home, leaving their son asleep in his bedroom, the sheriff’s office said.
“We couldn’t get to him,” Dummett told WPEC Channel 12. He said the boy didn’t wake up until deputies arrived to rescue him, after the gunmen fled without taking anything.
“He’s absolutely fine. He’s a trouper.”
Another family dog in the house survived.
Neighbors along Gun Club Road in suburban West Palm Beach thought they lived on a quiet street until gunshots, a search helicopter and a dozen patrol cars woke them.
Dummett told investigators that the invaders apparently wanted drugs or money.
In the last few years, Dummett’s arrest history includes charges of burglary, battery, marijuana possession and driving with a suspended license.
By law, the state Department of Children and Families cannot comment on whether the parents could lose custody of their son after leaving him behind. But whenever the DCF hears about something of this magnitude, spokeswoman Laura Tingo said, the agency works with law enforcement to ensure that all children in the home are safe.
Dummett told the television reporter he didn’t report the first robbery because he didn’t think he could describe the men well enough to help law enforcement catch them.
Jackie Morrow, who has lived across the street for a year, said she thought she heard gunshots a few weeks ago and will continue to be cautious. “I’ll be very vigilant from now on,” she said.
So the real story here is that Dummett, a downward spiralling pot-head, was the target of two guys he either owed money to or who thought he had drugs and money in the house, meaning he’s a dealer. They also came back hours after their original attempt on Dummett, giving him ample time to get his family to a motel for safety, which he couldn’t be bothered doing. Either way another” victimless” drug crime.
Victimless except for the dog who died, who was the only being in the house that tried to do the right thing. And of course the little boy who is just now learning that he can’t count on his parents when the chips are down and he really needs them.
But other than that no one was hurt by their drug user lifestyle. Right?