Overview
- The Boone County Prosecutor’s Office received the investigative file and began reviewing evidence with Whitestown police while factoring in Indiana’s Stand Your Ground statute.
- Prosecutor Kent Eastwood said an update on next steps could come by the end of the week and that more details will be released when legally permitted.
- Supporters rallied outside the prosecutor’s office as Eastwood met with Maria Perez’s family and their legal counsel.
- The family’s attorney said they will pursue a civil lawsuit regardless of any criminal charging decision and have launched an independent investigation.
- Investigators report the homeowner shot Perez through a closed front door after she and her husband went to the wrong house, and authorities have not announced an arrest or identified the shooter.