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A Pryor man has been found not guilty after shooting a teenager who knocked on his father’s house as part of a prank on New Year’s Day two years ago.

Jurors found Derek James Morgan, 33, not guilty of assault and battery with a deadly weapon in Mayes County District Court on Tuesday, according to court records.

The assault charge, which carries a sentence of up to life imprisonment, was filed after Morgan shot then-14-year-old Cole Peyton near a home in the 1100 block of Southeast 15th Street in Pryor, in the early morning hours of Jan. 1, 2016.

Peyton, who survived the shooting, told police he and two friends were knocking on doors in an attempt to wake up neighbors. Investigators described their activities as “neighborhood pranks.”

When the teenagers reportedly did not get a response from one house, they sneaked into the backyard to knock on a back window. That’s when Morgan appeared and fired a pistol at the trio, who began running away.