(CNN) A teenage boy died while trying to protect his home and 5-year-old sister from a burglar, Florida authorities said.

Khyler Edman, 15, was at home in Port Charlotte with his sibling last Thursday, Charlotte County Sheriff Bill Prummell said.

The discovery of Khyler's body came after authorities were called to the neighborhood about a suspicious person walking in the neighborhood. That man fled; soon after, a 911 call came from a residence complaining of a burglar. The suspect, who had wounds on his hand, was taken into custody after a brief pursuit.

Deputies found Khyler's body while searching to see whether other homes had been entered. That was the case with the home where they found the teen's body.

"We believe the teenager was trying to protect the home and protect (his) younger sibling," Prummell said at a news conference.

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