People intervene in attempted carjacking, suspect shot in Maryvale
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — Police say an attempted carjacking was stopped by people nearby and the suspect got shot in Maryvale on Wednesday morning. It happened around 8 a.m. at a parking lot near 83th Avenue and Encanto Boulevard, which is north of McDowell Road.
Phoenix Police Sgt. Phillip Krynsky said a man was trying to steal a car when a group intervened and the man was shot. He was taken to the hospital with a life-threatening injury. No additional information has been released. Krynsky said the details are preliminary and subject to change as officers investigate the incident. No identities were released.
Iowa homeowner shoots would-be intruder
ADAIR, Iowa — A homeowner near Casey, Iowa shot a would-be home invader multiple times early Thursday, according to the Adair County Sheriff’s office.
Investigators say their received a 911 call from the homeowner around 4:30 a.m. saying he had just shot someone who tried tried to break into his home. The homeowner awoke to unusual noises and then heard glass breaking before he found the person trying to enter the home through a broken window.
An Adair County deputy and officers from the Stuart, Iowa police department were already in the area, investigating the crash of a vehicle on Interstate 80 near the Adair rest area. The deputy found the vehicle abandoned around 3:18 a.m. in the median.
Investigators say the vehicle had been reported as stolen to the Omaha Police Department.
Officers responded to the rural home after the 911 call and administered first aid to the wounded person. That person was taken to a Des Moines hospital for treatment of multiple gun shot wounds.
Thursday afternoon. the Adair County Sheriff’s Office had not released the identity of the suspected intruder.