17-Year-Old Colorado Teen Shot In The Face

A 17-year-old Colorado boy was shot in the face after he and a friend went to a home to ask permission to take homecoming photos on the property.

The shooting, it was gathered, happened around 4:15 p.m. Tuesday at a home on Pleasant Park Road in Jefferson County.

When deputies arrived, the sheriff’s office said the 17-year-old was bleeding heavily from his face, as a second juvenile applied pressure to his friend’s wounds with a t-shirt.

Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, in a news release Wednesday, said the teen is recovering from his injuries.

Brent Metz, the boyfriend of a woman who lives at the home, was arrested in connection with the shooting.

He was booked on charges of first-degree assault, felony menacing, illegal discharge of a firearm, and reckless endangerment.

The sheriff’s office said the woman, who was not at the home, had called deputies before the shooting to report two trespassers on her property.

According to NBC News, she also called Metz, who drove over to the home and allegedly blocked the teen’s car from leaving.

Metz then got out of his vehicle and allegedly fired one round through the windshield of the teen’s car.

The 17-year-old told deputies that he and his friend went to the home because they wanted to take pictures there.

He said they parked outside the gate, hopped the fence and walked up the driveway to look for the homeowner.

When they could not find anyone at the residence, the boys said they walked around the property trying to locate a homeowner and then got back in their car.

“They returned to their car and began writing a note to the homeowner, asking permission to use their property to take pictures.

“While they were doing this, a man they had never seen before pulled up next to them, exited the truck he was driving, and fired a round through the windshield, striking the 17-year-old driver in the face,” authorities said.

A sheriff’s office spokesperson told our source that the teen’s intent did not seem malicious or criminal.

According to an arrest affidavit obtained by our source and made available to CrimesChroniclers, one of the teens said they heard Metz say, “Oh s—, my gun just went off,” after the shooting.

Metz tried to help the 17-year-old but his friend pushed him away.

Metz, 38, is a council member for the town of Mountain View.