to find out the truth they needed to learn more about their german exchange student. here, again, is josh mankomanko with deadly exchange. exchange student darren was just two months away from returning to his family in germany when he was shot in a garage. the man who shot him said he feared for his life and for darren s best friend robbie, police learned the teen did enter the garage to steal. as robbie described it, darren was not the first kid in mizzoula to go sneaking into unlocked garages. he said the kids weren t after money, credit cards, or valuables. this stunt happened often enough that it had a name. garage hopping. the target was usually beer. the reason for garage hopping or garage shopping i ve heard it called both was for kids to go in and look for alcoholic beverages that they could easily get or take. until this shooting, that sort of wasn t on anybody s