A Maryland teenager shot and killed a deer inside his house after it busted through his family's front door and ransacked their home.
Ryan Manchester says he thought someone was trying to break into his home Dec. 5 when he heard banging at the door.
“It sounded like someone was trying to break the door down with a sledgehammer,” Manchester told The Frederick News-Post.
Instead, he found a fully grown deer had broken down the door and was ransacking the living room, trying to break out through a window.
"I was relieved because I initially thought it was a person breaking in," Manchester told News4 Friday.
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He recorded video that shows the deer trying to escape, knocking over the family's Christmas tree and causing other damage.
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Manchester then called his father and 911 before getting his father's gun and shooting the animal between the eyes from behind his living room couch, The Frederick News-Post reports.
But the deer didn't go down immediately.
According to The Frederick News-Post, Manchester shot the deer a second time in the shoulder.
“I’m glad I shot it,” Manchester told the newspaper. “It caused a lot of damage."
Manchester said his parents were shocked, but his dad was proud he handled the situation "quickly and safely."