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Law enforcement officials in the state are considering possible criminal charges against a resident who reportedly shot and killed a woman after she accidentally arrived to the wrong location where she believed assigned to clean a property.

Officers found the victim, aged 32, deceased early Wednesday morning on the front porch of a residence in a suburban town, an area of about 10,000 residents near Indianapolis.

She belonged to a cleaning crew that had arrived at the wrong address, police stated in an official release.

Authorities have not publicly identified the shooter, but police submitted their findings from the investigation to Kent Eastwood, the local district attorney, on Friday.

This case will highlight Indiana’s “castle doctrine” laws, which permit residents to use deadly force to prevent what they genuinely think is an illegal entry into their dwelling.

But the shooting has shocked many. The victim’s spouse, her husband, told WRTV that he was standing with her at the front door but was unaware she had been hit until she collapsed into his arms, injured. On a fundraising page, her brother mentioned that she was a parent to four children.

A majority of US states have similar laws like Indiana’s on the books, as reported by the national legislative research group.

In comparable incidents elsewhere, prosecutors have filed criminal charges against individuals who opened fire outside their homes, including a guilty plea by an elderly man who shot Ralph Yarl after the youth approached his home by mistake. In New York, a person was found guilty of homicide for killing a female inside a car who drove down his driveway by mistake.

This tragic event highlights ongoing debates surrounding self-defense laws and their application in real-life scenarios.