long island man shoots ding dong ditcher with shotgun

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ALong Island man was arrested after he shot a 15-year-old boy who knocked on his door as part of a 'ding dong ditch' prank with his friends during a sleepover.

James Moshier's Southhold, 64, was charged with assault and recklessly injuring a child with a deadly weapon after firing a shotgun at the teen on Thursday.

The boy, who has not been named, had to be airlifted to a local hospital where he is being observed but expected to fully recover.

The incident began on Thursday night when a group of seven teens gathered at a nearby house for a sleepover birthday party. During the night, they got bored and decided to play ding dong ditch - a game where children ring someone's doorbell and run away before someone comes to the door.

But the young boy's prank did not go over well and a woman inside Moshier's home believed they were being burglarized.

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'We had several kids that were running around the neighborhood knocking on doors and running away and one of the residents felt that somebody was trying to get into the house, felt threatened, felt frightened, and woke up the male occupant of the house, who went to the back door and discharged a shotgun,' Southold Town Police Captain James Ginas told CBS News.

After knocking on Moshier's door three times, the homeowner fired his shotgun through the glass, striking the boy in his upper right arm.