PHOENIX — A teen shot an intruder in a home near 75th Avenue and Camelback Road, police say.
A man, later identified as 35-year-old Juan Saavedra, allegedly tried to force his way into a house on Friday evening. Saavedra broke a window and hit a door, according to the Phoenix Police Department.
The Phoenix police arrived at the scene and found a woman and a teenage boy who confronted Saavedra. The teenager shot Saavedra, who was then taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The teenager provided detectives with self-defense statements which were consistent with witnesses and evidence at the scene, police said.
Saavedra was booked into jail by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.
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