An Arizona woman is still shaken up after a violent attack inside her home where she was forced to shoot her assailant in order to defend herself Tuesday morning.
The 20-year-old suspect broke into the 47-year-old womanâs Phoenix house around 7:20 a.m. But she saw the man coming and prepared by grabbing a gun and hiding in the bathroom, AZ Central reports. When the suspect found her, he assaulted her. The victim fought back and fired a single shot. The round found its target and the suspect collapsed on the floor, injured, but still alive.
Before the home invasion began, the 20-year-old suspect had walked from house to house, searching for an unlocked residence. When he didnât find one he rang the doorbell of the victimâs house. She didnât answer, and the suspect started rattling doors and peering through windows. And thatâs when the woman armed herself and hunkered down in the bathroom.
The suspect grabbed a garden weeding tool and smashed through the rear sliding door, explained Phoenix Police Sgt. Tommy Thompson.
Now certain she was being burglarized, the woman called 911. Moments later the suspect found his way to the bathroom. He punched her several times in the face, but she refused to go down without a fight and fired a single round from her handgun.
The suspect was incapacitated and was transported to an area hospital to be treated for his injury, which was not life-threatening. The woman only suffered minor injuries.
Some of the womanâs neighbors said they didnât know she was armed, but glad she was. (Photo credit: AZ Central)
The victimâs neighbors, Hector Heredia, assured AZ Family she was ok, if not a little rattled from the incident.
âSheâs doing good. Sheâs scared. You can tell sheâs still traumatized by what happened,â Heredia said. âI didnât know that she was armed, so Iâm glad she was. Because who knows who far this would have gone.â
Another neighbor, Karen Sturgeon, praised the homeowner for defending herself.
âGood for her,â Sturgeon said. âYou gottaâ do what you gottaâ do to protect yourself.â
Sgt. Thompson said the victim acted within her legal rights, and if she hadnât taken matters into her own hands, things would have likely turned out very differently.
âThe woman was certainly acting within her rights to defend herself,â Thompson said. âKeep in mind that not only was she the victim of a burglary, but then she was the victim of an assault. One can only ask the question: What might have happened had she not taken the action she did to end this confrontation.â
When the suspect is released from the hospital he will face assault and burglary charges.
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