A DOOR-TO-DOOR MEAT SALESMAN IN PRESCOTT WASN’T EXPECTING THE REACTION HE RECEIVED AFTER KNOCKING ON ONE PRESCOTT RESIDENT’S DOOR YESTERDAY. 

AT APPROXIMATELY 5 P.M., 42-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA LANDERS EXITED HIS REFRIGERATED WORK VEHICLE AND KNOCKED ON THE DOOR OF 63-YEAR-OLD RICHARD WRIGHT AT 610 DOUGLAS AVENUE.

IT WAS REPORTED THAT WRIGHT ANSWERED THE DOOR, IMMEDIATELY KICKED LANDERS IN HIS UPPER THIGH AND YELLED AT HIM TO GET OFF HIS PROPERTY. LANDERS BEGAN RUNNING AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY WHILE WRIGHT CHASED HIM BACK TO HIS VEHICLE, ATTEMPTED TO GRAB LANDERS, AND RIPPED LANDERS’ SHIRT.

AS LANDERS WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET INTO THE VEHICLE, WRIGHT WAS PULLING HIM BACK OUT OF THE VEHICLE. LANDERS THEN GRABBED HIS PISTOL FROM INSIDE HIS VEHICLE AND TOLD WRIGHT THAT “HE HAD A GUN.” WRIGHT SAID HE "DIDN’T CARE" AND

CONTINUED HIS ASSAULT.

LANDERS, WHO WAS IN FEAR, STRUCK WRIGHT WITH THE PISTOL THREE TIMES IN THE HEAD AND WAS THEN ABLE TO FLEE. HE THEN DROVE A BLOCK AWAY, CALLED 911 AND WAITED FOR POLICE TO ARRIVE.

DETECTIVES RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND INVESTIGATED. 

WRIGHT WAS FLOWN TO PHOENIX DUE TO A HIGH LOSS OF BLOOD FROM THE LACERATION TO HIS HEAD.

CHARGES ARE BEING REVIEWED FOR BOTH SUBJECTS AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.