A 14-year-old boy confronted by an armed intruder in a home in Laveen stepped out of the line of fire and shot the intruder, and the intruder was later shot twice by the boy's father, according to Maricopa County Superior Court documents.

On June 22, around 4:30 p.m. the boy's parents left to go to the store. They left the 14-year-old in charge of his three younger siblings, the youngest of whom was 8 years old, according to the documents.



Police: Intruder shot, woman held in burglary

Shortly after the parents left, a man and woman began to repeatedly ring the doorbell and knock on the door, according to the documents. The eldest son looked through the peephole and did not recognize either person.

The boy instructed his siblings to be quiet and did not answer the door. When he looked through the peephole again, according to the documents, he saw the man getting ready to kick the door in. The boy guided his siblings into an upstairs bedroom to hide.

The boy went to get his father's handgun and began to call his parents for help, according to the documents.

A man, suspected to be Richard Samuel Fiore, kicked in the door and went upstairs. The intruder saw the children and aimed at the eldest, the documents said.

The boy stepped out of the line of fire, and the intruder ran downstairs, according to the documents. When he reached the bottom, he turned to see the boy standing at the top. The boy fired a single shot at the intruder, who collapsed, dropping his handgun nearby, according to the documents.

The boy kept his handgun pointed at the intruder as he continued to call his parents, according to the documents.

When the boy's parents arrived home, the father took the gun from him, the documents said.

The boy told his father that the intruder was reaching to grab the gun. The father turned toward the intruder and shot him twice, according to the documents.

He then helped his children get to a neighbor's home before calling police, according to the documents.

Fiore told police he was with two women at the time of the break-in, the documents said. One woman stayed outside of the home and the other remained in the car. He believed the home was empty until he got upstairs, according to the documents.

Fiore told police that he didn't want to shoot the child, and that is why he attempted to flee the home before he was shot, the documents said.

Fiore also told police that he and one of the women rob homes several times a week looking primarily for gold, according to the documents. Fiore was on probation and had a warrant for a suspected probation violation.

Fiore was arrested on suspicion of burglary, aggravated assault and possession of gun by a prohibited person.

Police said the woman at the door was Alexis Monique Hinojos, 24. She was arrested on suspicion of burglary.