CHARLOTTE, NC – In a remarkable display of courage and quick thinking, an 11-year-old boy in Charlotte, North Carolina, used a firearm to defend his pregnant mother during a harrowing attack by an intruder at the InTown Suites hotel late on the night of March 13th.

QCNews reported that the suspect, known to the victim in what has been described as a domestic violence situation, forcefully entered the hotel room and commenced an assault on the 27-year-old pregnant woman, causing her bruises and scratches.