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[SIZE=13px]PHOENIX[/SIZE][SIZE=13px] - Authorities say a man is in critical condition after he was shot by a 14-year-old boy Friday.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=13px]Phoenix police Officer James Holmes said the teen was home with his 8, 10 and 12-year-old siblings when a woman started knocking on the door.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=13px]The 14-year-old did not recognize her so he didn't answer the door of the home near 55th Avenue and Baseline Road.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=13px]A short time later a man started knocking on the door and again the boy refused to answer the door.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=13px]Holmes said the youngster then went upstairs and retrieved a handgun and returned downstairs.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=13px]At that point the man kicked the door in and pointed a gun at the boy.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=13px]The boy fired his weapon, striking the suspect.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=13px]The man was taken to a local hospital in critical condition, according to Holmes.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=13px]Holmes said police are now working to figure out who the man and woman are, where the woman is now, and why they targeted that house.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=13px]Neighbors supported the boy.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=13px]"It's a good thing that he pulled the trigger, that his dad taught him what to do. I give him a lot of props for it," neighbor, Michael Silvas said.[/SIZE]

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