The father of a man charged in the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old who friends say was playing a ding dong ditch prank to post on TikTok says he believes the victim was trying to break into his home and his son opened fire in fear for his life.

About 3 a.m. May 3, three teenagers were on a family’s property when Tyler Chase Butler, who lives there with his parents, shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Bosworth Jr. , the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office said.

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The teens told deputies they were playing ding dong ditch and recording video to post on social media.

Butler is charged with murder, but his father says his son should have never been charged for the shooting.

“This was not a ding dong ditch game,” Jeffrey

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