Authorities are considering whether to charge an Indiana homeowner who they say shot and killed a woman working as a house cleaner after she mistakenly went to the wrong address.

Police officers found 32-year-old Maria Florinda Rios Perez dead just before 7 a.m. Wednesday on the front porch of the home in Whitestown, an Indianapolis suburb of about 10,000 people, according to a police news release. She was part of a cleaning crew that had gone to the wrong address, the release said.

Rios Perez’s husband, Mauricio Velazquez, told WRTV in Indianapolis that he and his wife had been cleaning homes for seven months. Velazquez said he was standing with her at the home’s front door on Wednesday morning but didn’t realize she had been shot until she fell into his arms, bleeding.

https://apnews.com/article/indiana-house...30674fae78

The fear these people have that they need a gun to cope with a lost young lady ... what the fuck.

No surprise it happened in Whitestown.

Saw this yesterday in the news. "Considering" charges? Really? Trigger-happy loon.

Whether it was a homicide or a tragic accident depends on the color of her skin and the strength of the gun lobby in that state. We no longer live in a United States when justice varies from state to state.

Is this more of that ‘stand your ground’ bullshit?

I have to say, though, if a stranger of any skin tone showed up at my door, kitted out as a house cleaner, I would welcome them with open arms, pay them double, and send them home with a gift basket of baked goods.

Boru

(November 8, 2025 at 12:28 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Is this more of that ‘stand your ground’ bullshit?

Probably will rely on castle-doctrine for defense, but it still won't wash, I think.

I hope not. How in the hell is some little woman on the other side of a locked(?) door a threat to the homeowner?

(November 8, 2025 at 12:42 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:

(November 8, 2025 at 12:28 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Is this more of that ‘stand your ground’ bullshit?

Probably will rely on castle-doctrine for defense, but it still won't wash, I think.

It shouldn't, for sure. Any case of self-defense still requires there to be some kind of possible jeopardy which is apparently absent here.

(November 8, 2025 at 1:08 pm)Fireball Wrote: I hope not. How in the hell is some little woman on the other side of a locked(?) door a threat to the homeowner?

It says her husband was standing next to her, but then why shoot her instead of him?

There's just too much information missing for my liking, but that alone doesn't make me believe the shooting was warranted.

(November 8, 2025 at 1:42 pm)Paraselene Wrote:

(November 8, 2025 at 1:08 pm)Fireball Wrote: I hope not. How in the hell is some little woman on the other side of a locked(?) door a threat to the homeowner?

It says her husband was standing next to her, but then why shoot her instead of him?

There's just too much information missing for my liking, but that alone doesn't make me believe the shooting was warranted.

I have to wonder if she was shot through the door.

(November 8, 2025 at 2:35 pm)Jackalope Wrote:

(November 8, 2025 at 1:42 pm)Paraselene Wrote: It says her husband was standing next to her, but then why shoot her instead of him?

There's just too much information missing for my liking, but that alone doesn't make me believe the shooting was warranted.

I have to wonder if she was shot through the door.

Yes. There is a pic of the front door with a hole in it.