Braydon Smith successfully defended his home from an intruder who broke in while he was home alone. His bravery has seen him likened to Home Alone character Kevin McCallister, played by Macaulay Culkin, who defends his house from a home invasion in the 1990 film (Pictures: ABC11/Twentieth Century Fox)

A brave 11 year-old boy has been likened to movie icon Kevin McCallister after stopping an intruder with a machete after being left home alone.

Braydon Smith was chatting on the phone to his mom when the burglar broke through a window of his parents’ home in Mebane, North Carolina, on Friday morning.

The suspect, named as 19 year-old Jataveon Dashawn Hall, then brandished the family’s pellet gun at Smith, and ordered the youngster into a closet.

But Braydon, whose behavior has been likened to the young burglar-basher played by Macaulay Culkin in the hit 1990 film, knew the weapon was unloaded, and decided to fight back.




He told WTVD: ‘He went into the living room to grab my phone to make sure I didn’t call the 911 or anything.

Jataveon Dashawn Hall, 19, has been named as the suspect accused of breaking into Braydon’s home and threatening him with an unloaded pellet gun (Picture: Orange County Detention Center)

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‘When I saw him try to put it in his pocket.

‘I grabbed my machete off of my wall and went to hit him. I hit him in the back of the head like right here.’

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Braydon added: ‘It went by really fast. I knew I didn’t have the time to think about what I was going to do.

‘I just grabbed a weapon in the house and acted with it.’

The youngster bought the machete with gift cards, and has previously used it to chop down trees.

He hit out at Hall for allegedly breaking in, and said: ‘You shouldn’t have done what you’ve done.

‘You’re better off to get a job than breaking into other people’s houses.’

His dad Christopher Smith said he’d taught Braydon to fight back after the family’s house was ransacked on an earlier occasion.

Recalling what he’d told his son, Christopher said: ‘If they come in the door, you let ’em have it…

‘Always have your kids prepared for everything.’

Hall has been charged with breaking and entering, second degree kidnapping, interfering with emergency communications as well as assault on a child under 12.

He went to hospital after the attack with minor injuries. Police are still looking for two other people said to have accompanied him to Braydon’s house.

He is set to appear in court Tuesday.