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Elderly man attacked while hanging Christmas lights 

 November 30, 2004, Charlotte, NC -- An elderly man in Charlotte says two teens, one armed with a shotgun tried to rob him while he put up his Christmas lights. It happened at a home on Matheson Avenue off The Plaza in north Charlotte.

"I was putting on these lights and you can see where they stop," said 73-year-old Charles Hight.

He says that's when two teenagers, one armed with a shotgun, ran up his driveway and demanded money. When the teens realized he didn't have any money, they tried to get into his house.

"They pushed to get me inside the house. I kept pushing the shotgun away and hollered at them," said Hight.

He says one of them jammed the shotgun so hard into his chest it left a bruise. But he knew no matter what they did to him, he couldn't let them inside the house.

"They get inside the house and they could do anything, not let them in to see my wife," he said.

Eyewitness News spoke with Charles' wife, Jeannette. She tried to go into the garage when she heard the commotion, but says she quickly realized something was terribly wrong.

"As I turned the handle to open the door, I felt him tug on it so I couldn't open it. Luckily he was at the door or I would have walked out into that mess," said Jeannette.

The suspects fled the scene.

So far police haven't made any arrests.

Despite the incident, the Hights say it is a safe community, but they have warned all they're neighbors to be on guard even during the day.