POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY, Oklahoma -
Pottawatomie County Undersheriff Travis Palmer has confirmed the identities of the two teens found shot to death in Texas as 17-year-old Kenneth Chaffin and 18-year-old Dillon King.
The truck driven by an armed Pottawatomie County runaway was found Wednesday in North Texas, after an apparent break-in attempt.
The search for Chaffin began Tuesday after police say the teen stole his parents' truck Monday night and took along with him an arsenal of weapons and ammunition.
His parents say they don't know what may have led their son to Maypearl, Texas.
"Just kind of disbelief," said Kenneth's father, Roland Chaffin.
Nine handguns, six rifles and between 1500 to 2000 rounds of ammunition; that's what authorities say Chaffin took when he left his parents' home in their truck Monday night.
"Why he left, we don't have a clue right now. We'll probably never know, other than you know Kenneth has always bucked my rules. I'm a hard nosed parent. I believe in rules, and all my kids know it," said Chaffin.
Chaffin and his wife returned to their rural Pottawatomie County home and found it ransacked. He says he got a call around 7:15 p.m. Monday from his son, saying he was home.
"Everything seemed to be going fine. I mean, there was no harsh words, there was nothing that brought this on that we could tell, other than him getting in with the wrong crowd," said Chaffin.
According to Ellis County, Texas authorities a woman was watching television in her home around 1:00 p.m. Wednesday when she heard someone turning a door knob. She stood up and saw a person in camouflage with a gun strapped to his back.
She told deputies she called her husband who just happened to be pulling in at about the same time. He saw two people, rushed inside and got a gun. Moments later, investigators say there was a significant exchange of gunfire.
"I believe it would have been a different outcome had they not been armed, because our suspects were heavily armed," said Lt. James Saulter, Ellis County, Texas Sheriff's Department.
The homeowner was able to hit one of the intruders, but investigators believe both shot and killed themselves. The homeowner was also hit. Investigators say his injuries were minor and he was treated at the scene.
Kenneth Chaffin.
