Loudoun teen fatally shot by homeowner identified

This weekend, 16 year old Caleb Gordley, a 16 year old student-athlete at Park View High School in Sterling had a night of drinking, and was fatally shot upon returning home.  Gordley was dropped off at what he mistakenly thought was his house, and entered through the window which activated the alarm system.  The homeowner, Donald Wilder II, saw Gordley on the stairs and shot him.  Wilder is a veteran volunteer firefighter with the Sterling Fire Department who has been with the department for 20 years.  The event is truly saddening and unfortunate.  I feel bad for both sides, the Gordley's and Wilder.  Losing a bright, 16 year old son is horrible, and so is having to live with the fact that you shot and killed someone, especially when it was by mistake.