Overview

• Deputies responded around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday to reports of gunfire near 134th Avenue and Copperstone Drive in Sun City West.
• MCSO says the suspect fired at SWAT deputies and a deployed robot during an hours-long standoff, and no injuries were reported.
• As deputies prepared to enter, the suspect exited with hands raised and was taken into custody, with no one else found inside the home.
• Court documents name the suspect as John Wayne Horne and list charges including aggravated assault on a first responder, endangerment, criminal damage, and disorderly conduct.
• The records say Horne described recent drug use and stress and that a SWAT robot was damaged; he is held on $75,000 bond as investigators continue processing the area.