robby, police learned the teen did enter the garage to steal. as robby described it, diren was not the first kid in missoula 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. and 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 and take. until this shooting, that sort of wasn t on anybody s radar in law enforcement? no. i had not heard of garage hopping. no. reporter: these three friends of diren s say they ve never gone garage hopping, but they know all about it. you all know people who do it or have done it? yeah. right?
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. and 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 and take. until this shooting, that sort of wasn t on anybody s radar in law enforcement? no. i had not heard of garage hopping. no. reporter: these three friends of diren s say they ve never gone garage hopping, but they know all about it. you all know people who do it or have done it? yeah. right? they understand it s illegal? uh-huh. yeah. but it seemed harmless? yeah. exactly. i mean, it s just it s like, hey, dude, this is a
the man that shot him said he feared for his life and from his best friend robby police learned he did enter the garage to steal. he described he was not the first kid to go sneaking into unlocked garages. he says they weren t after money, credit cards or valuables, this stunt happened often enough that it had a name, garage hopping and 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 and take. until this shooting that wasn t on anybody s radar in law enforcement. no, i had not heard of garage hopping. these friends say they had never gone garage hopping but they know all about it. you all know people that do it or have done it. yeah. they understand it s illegal. yeah. but it seemed harmless.
not the first kid in missoula 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. and 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 and take. until this shooting, that sort of wasn t on anybody s radar in law enforcement? no. i had not heard of garage hopping. no. reporter: these three friends of diren s say they ve never gone garage hopping. but they know all about it. you all know people who do it? yeah. or have done it? yeah. right? they understand it s illegal? uh-huh. but it seemed harmless? yeah. exactly. i mean, it s just they re like, hey, dude, this is a way for you to get some extra beer. you know, when you re on a saturday night. i mean, did did you think
as robby described it, diren was not the first kid in missoula 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 that it had a name, garage hopping. and 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 and take. until this shooting, that sort of wasn t on anybody s radar in law enforcement? no. i had not heard of garage hopping. no. reporter: these three friends of diren s say they ve never gone garage hopping, but they know all about it. you all know people who do it or have done it? yeah. right? they understand it s illegal? uh-huh. yeah. but it seemed harmless? yeah. exactly. i mean, it s just it s like, hey, dude, this is a way for you to get some extra beer, you know, on a saturday night. i mean, did you thin