Landowner charged with shooting teen girl

Thursday, August 24, 2006 WORTHINGTON, Ohio (AP) — A man who told police he was annoyed by trespassers at his house considered spooky by local teens was charged Wednesday with shooting and critically wounding a teenager whom authorities say might have been looking for a scare. The 17-year-old girl and her friends got out of their parked car about 10 p.m. Tuesday near the home by Walnut Grove Cemetery and heard what they thought were firecrackers, Worthington Police Chief Mike Mauger said. They got back into the car, went around the block and heard more of what turned out to be gunshots, Mauger said. When the teens realized the girl had been shot, they drove until they could flag down two police officers. Police were not commenting Wednesday on her identity or other details about the case. Allen S. Davis, 40, was charged with five counts of felonious assault. The girl was taken to Ohio State University Medical Center in critical condition, police said. A hospital spokesman said she suffered gunshot wounds to the head and shoulder, but the hospital would not provide an update on her condition Wednesday.