Florida group home calls shootout 'result of the system failing our children'

The Florida group home -- and the juvenile justice system -- are now in the spotlight.

After a 14-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy apparently ran away from a Florida group home and allegedly opened fire on deputies, that home -- and the juvenile justice system -- are now under the spotlight. The children ran away Tuesday evening and then allegedly broke into an empty house, which the homeowner said was stocked with an AK-47, a handgun, a shotgun and a large amount of ammunition, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said. Deputies surrounded the home and tried to talk the children into surrendering, but the children started firing from multiple angles, the sheriff's office said. The 12-year-old later told investigators that the 14-year-old had said, "I'm gonna roll this down like GTA," referring to the video game "Grand Theft Auto," Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said. When the 14-year-old girl came out of the garage and allegedly pointed a shotgun at deputies twice, she was shot and wounded by a deputy, the sheriff's office said.