Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of the article incorrectly reported where Antonio Arce had been shot. Police said he was shot between the shoulder blades.

The owner of the truck where 14-year-old Antonio Arce was spotted before being shot and killed by a Tempe police officer says police have not been accurate in describing what happened that afternoon.

Lou Silvas said he was unloading items from his truck in the alley behind his house at about 2:30 p.m.Tuesday afternoon. He said he had left the truck unlocked and gone inside the house when he heard two gunshots from the alley.

Silvas said he went out to check on his truck and find his cellphone. At that point, he noticed that his two airsoft guns were still in the vehicle.

He said he was shocked when he saw Tempe Police Chief Sylvia Moir tell reporters at a Friday news conference that Arce had stolen an airsoft gun from his truck before fleeing.

Silvas said he knew there only were two airsoft guns in the truck and that they hadn't been disturbed.

The only thing he noticed missing was his large, black cellphone — which he believes the body-cam video shows Arce holding inside the truck right before Arce runs from the officer. In a photo police released, they circled the object and said it "appears to be a weapon."

Police said Officer Jaen — whose first name has not been released — was responding to a report of a suspicious car, possibly used in a burglary, parked in an alley in a residential area north of Baseline Road and east of 48th Street.

Jaen sees Arce moving inside the truck, gets out of his patrol car and orders Arce to show his hands. As Arce runs away down the alley, body-cam video shows, Jaen stops and shoots at Arce twice.

Police later said Arce was struck once between the shoulder blades.

Checking the truck before police

Silvas said he thought in that moment after the shooting about removing the airsoft guns from the truck but noticed an empty police car parked facing him. Silvas, figuring he was being recorded, decided to instead wait by the vehicle until more officers arrived.

Silvas said it wasn't long before a group of eight or nine officers ran past him. He recommended the officers check the fences in case the person shot jumped them, and one officer stayed behind to take his comments.

Another group of officers approached them not long after and ordered that Silvas be handcuffed and placed in a squad car. When he asked what he had done wrong, Silvas said officers told him he hadn't done anything wrong and that it was merely a safety precaution.

He said more than an hour later, he was released but made to stand outside his home while police searched it. Police had indicated in an initial report about the shooting that there may be a second suspect. No second suspect has since been mentioned by police.

Julie Ann Bravo, another resident of the home, said officers searched the property without permission or a search warrant. Bravo said the home's occupants — including a 71-year-old woman — were forced to wait outside until 10 or 11 p.m as officers conducted their search.

After the shooting, Bravo said she saw officers deploy a stun gun and handcuff Arce. Moir in her news conference said police officers arrived within minutes and "rendered aid" until firefighters could arrive and take him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Bravo said she recorded the incident on her tablet and allowed police to take the tablet to copy the video for their investigation. After officers returned the tablet, which Bravo said was only a day old, she said it no longer would turn on and hasn't functioned since.

Silvas said a detective visited him the next day and asked him about the contents inside his truck. When the detective asked if there were any weapons inside, Silvas mentioned the two airsoft guns.

Silvas said his truck has since been impounded and he likely won't be able to retrieve it until Tuesday.

Tempe police did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Silvas' and Bravo's description of events.

Moir in the news conference said two different witnesses reported seeing Arce running with a firearm. Police have not identified those witnesses or released their statements.

A 911 call with fatal consequences

The string of events began with an anonymous call to 911 from a man saying a suspicious vehicle was parked outside a backyard. The caller told the operator that his home had been robbed the previous week and he was suspicious of anyone in the alley.

Silvas said he believed the callerwas a neighbor several houses away who had been in a dispute with Silvas. Silvas believes the neighbor called police about his truck so officers would give him a hard time.

He said Arce was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.

"If he didn't call that 911 call, that young boy would still be alive today," Silvas told The Arizona Republic. "But I would be out a cellphone — because that's all he took outside of my truck was a cellphone."

The Republic knocked on the neighbor's door Sunday afternoon, but no one responded.

Silvas said he didn't blame the Tempe Police Department or the officer who shot Arce, saying the officer was doing his job and was working under stressful circumstances.

But, he said, he wants the record straight.

"If they're announcing on the airwaves that (the airsoft gun) was taken from my vehicle, that's not true," Silvas said. "Because I had my two still there — and that's all I'm saying."

A mother's apology

Silvas said Arce's mother apologized to him for the theft. He said that was the least of his concerns.

"I talked to the mother and told her, I said, 'Look, I can replace the cellphone, but I can't replace a kid,' " he said.

Republic reporter Bree Burkitt contributed to this article.

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