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Homeowner shoots suspect during attempted break-in<\/a><\/p>\n

SURPRISE, AZ (AZFamily) \u2014 One suspect has been shot, and another is in custody after Surprise police say they tried to break into a home Monday morning.<\/p>\n

It happened in the area of 140th Drive and Waddell Road, just west of Litchfield Road. According to police, two suspects were trying to force their way into a house when the homeowner opened fire, striking one of them.<\/p>\n

Officers responded and took both suspects into custody, one of whom was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s almost unthinkable, especially in the early morning hours,\u201d said neighbor Nancy McCraven. \u201cYou never think it\u2019s going to happen, especially in a nice quiet neighborhood like this and it\u2019s always quiet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some neighbors heard the commotion early in the morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cI woke up around 3:30 and then I was getting ready in my room and I didn\u2019t think it was a big deal until I heard them get closer to our house,\u201d said Shaylee Coker.<\/p>\n

They were shocked about what happened.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt happened two doors down, and you never know who it could be next and so I think everybody is going to start to raise their security awareness,\u201d Coker said.<\/p>\n

Detectives are investigating.<\/p>\n

With so many questions still lingering, families cannot help but wonder what they would do in that situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s terrifying because I\u2019ve got kids home,\u201d said Christina Hogan. \u201cIf it happened to me I don\u2019t know how I would\u2019ve dealt with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rachel Moss, a criminal defense attorney for the Attorneys for Freedom Law Firm in Chandler, said there are a couple of state statutes that could protect homeowners in these situations.<\/p>\n

She explained they may overlap but said the Arizona crime prevention statute applies best to break-ins.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe crime prevention statute would allow a homeowner if they reasonably believe that a crime is in progress, they can use physical force or even deadly physical force to protect themselves and prevent that crime from occurring,\u201d said Moss.<\/p>\n

Some of the crimes listed under the law include burglary, aggravated assault and armed robbery.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn terms of this statute, what it really comes down to is whether or not the homeowner was acting reasonably,\u201d said Moss.<\/p>\n

She explained if a homeowner believes a crime is about to happen, they can take action to prevent it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why the homeowner doesn\u2019t have to wait until someone actually is breaking into their property. They have to think that it\u2019s in progress, in some way,\u201d said Moss.<\/p>\n

When it isn\u2019t a clear case, the attorney explained it might go to trial with a jury deciding whether a homeowner was justified in their actions.<\/p>\n

Moss added that something important to consider about this statute is that a person is presumed to be acting reasonably under it.<\/p>\n

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Homeowner shoots suspect during attempted break-in SURPRISE, AZ (AZFamily) \u2014 One suspect has been shot, and another is in custody after Surprise police say they tried to break into a home Monday morning. It happened in the area of 140th Drive and Waddell Road, just west of Litchfield Road. According to police, two suspects were … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-self-defense","category-slugs-for-thugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=101593"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101594,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101593\/revisions\/101594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=101593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=101593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=101593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}