The Brief
- 21-year-old door-to-door salesman Juan Hoffman says he was shot in the back by an 80-year-old homeowner in North Scottsdale.
- Hoffman says he was searching for a lost wallet outside the neighborhood gate when the suspect, Patrick McBride, allegedly confronted him with a gun.
- McBride has pleaded not guilty to the charges, while Hoffman faces the possibility of never walking again.
PHOENIX – The door-to-door salesman who police say was shot in the back by an 80-year-old in a North Scottsdale neighborhood is speaking out.
The backstory:
The shooting happened on Sept. 13 in a neighborhood near Pima and Hawknest roads. Police found the victim with a gunshot wound to his back. The man was taken to the hospital and is stable, but told police he couldn’t feel his legs after the shooting.…