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Authorities in Indiana are weighing possible criminal charges against a resident who allegedly fatally shot a woman after she mistakenly went to the incorrect location thinking she was assigned to clean a home.

Officers found Maria Florinda Rios Perez De Velasquez, aged 32, deceased early Wednesday morning at the entrance of a home in Whitestown, a community of about 10,000 residents near Indianapolis.

She belonged to a cleaning team that had arrived at the incorrect house, police stated in a press statement.

Officials did not publicly named the shooter, but investigators turned over the results from the investigation to Kent Eastwood, the county prosecutor, on Friday.

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

However the killing has shocked many. The victim’s spouse, Mauricio Velazquez, told WRTV that he was present with her at the home’s entrance but was unaware she had been hit until she fell into his arms, injured. On a online donation site, her sibling said that Rios Perez was a mother of four.

A majority of US states have comparable statutes like Indiana’s on the books, as reported by the National Conference of State Legislatures.

In similar cases elsewhere, authorities have filed criminal charges against people who opened fire outside their homes, including a admission of guilt by an elderly man who fired at a Black teenager after the youth approached his home accidentally. In New York, a person was found guilty of homicide for fatally shooting a woman in a vehicle who entered his property in error.

This tragic event highlights continuing discussions surrounding self-defense laws and how they are applied in real-life scenarios.