Just before 2:30 Sunday morning, Buckeye police received a call of shots fired at a home near 237th Ave and Mohave St. When officers arrived, a man, later identified as the homeowner, walked out of the home with his hands up.
When officers searched the home, they found a man in the back yard bleeding from a gunshot wound to the chest. He was transported to the hospital.
The homeowner told investigators he and his family were asleep when they heard the doorbell. He says he grabbed a handgun and looked out the front window but didn’t see anyone there. Then, the homeowner says, he heard noise coming from the back of the house so he went to the back door, opened it and confronted an unknown man. The homeowner says the man ignored commands to leave and walked towards the homeowner. The homeowner fired a single shot, hitting the man in the chest.
The gunshot victim is a man in his early 20s. At last check, he was in critical condition. The homeowner is a man in his 30s. The investigation is ongoing.