An Indiana prosecutor has charged a homeowner who shot and killed a house cleaner on his front porch earlier this month. Police said the cleaner had mistakenly shown up to the property in Whitestown, about 20 miles outside of Indianapolis, thinking it was a different address.
The homeowner, Curt Andersen, faces one count of voluntary manslaughter, Boone County Prosecutor Kent Eastwood announced at a news conference Monday.
The house cleaner was identified as Maria Florinda Rios Perez by CBS affiliate WTTV, a mother of four children. Her husband, Mauricio Velazquez, had gone to the home with her as part of a cleaning crew. Neither appeared to enter the home, according to police.
Before 7 a.m. on the morning of Nov. 5, officers with the Whitestown Metropolitan Police Department responded to a report of a possible break-in at a subdivision in the area, the department said in a social media statement. When they arrived at the scene, the officers found Perez deceased on the front porch of the residence after suffering a gunshot wound. Velazquez was not harmed.
Velazquez later told WTTV that the gunshot came from inside the home and had been fired through the door. A bullet hole could be seen in the door in the shooting's aftermath, the news station reported. Police initially did not identify anyone inside the residence, and Velazquez said he did not see the shooter.
"They should've called the police first instead of just shooting out of nowhere like that," he told WTTV through an interpreter.
In this image from video provided by WRTV, husband of Maria Florinda Rios Perez, Mauricio Velasquez, speaks during an interview in Indianapolis on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2025.
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Whitestown police said the department was "committed to conducting a thorough and impartial investigation" into what happened and would be "interviewing all individuals involved" as crime scene investigators were "meticulously collecting and analyzing all relevant evidence to understand the full scope of what occurred."
The department had said it was working closely with the Boone County Prosecutor's Office as the investigation got underway.
"We understand that incidents like this can cause concern and speculation," said Whitestown police. "We respectfully ask the public to place their trust in the investigative process and refrain from sharing unverified information. These cases are often complex and require time to fully understand. Misinformation can be harmful to those involved and to the integrity of the investigation."
Kerry Breen contributed to this report.
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