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SCOTTSDALE, AZ (AZFamily) — The attorney for the Scottsdale man who police said shot a door-to-door salesman in the back said his client was defending himself.
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In a statement sent to Arizona’s Family, Jefferson M. Simmons said his client, Patrick McBride, asked Juan Hoffman, 21, to leave his gated community on 86th Place, near Pima Road and Stage Coach Pass on Sept. 13.
Hoffman said he had asked McBride for water because he was feeling hot and dehydrated. McBride ordered Hoffman off his property, warning him he was trespassing.
Simmons said police had previously told Hoffman he needed a permit to solicit in Scottsdale, and he was kicked out of another gated community.
In McBride’s community, a sign is posted at the entrance that says “No Trespassing,” Simmons said.
Hoffman was on a Segway and was still seen in the community 10 minutes later.
Court paperwork said Hoffman stayed in the neighborhood because he thought he’d lost his wallet and wanted to search for it.
McBride has previously said he and his wife split up to make sure Hoffman had left.
When McBride confronted Hoffman, Simmons said Hoffman came at McBride “aggressively” on the Segway.
“As the Segway accelerated toward him, Mr. McBride drew his gun from its holster and held it by his side,” Simmons said.
Simmons said that as Hoffman closed in, he raised his right hand while holding an unknown object.
“In that split second, Mr. McBride could not be sure what it was, and believing he was about to be struck, he raised his arm to protect himself. The gun discharged when they made contact,” Simmons said.
Hoffman told police he saw McBride pull the black handgun and was turning to leave when he was shot in the back. Police confirmed he had been shot in his lower back.
McBride claimed that he didn’t realize Hoffman had been shot and told him twice to get up and leave, to which Hoffman replied that he could not move, court documents said.
Investigators say McBride’s handgun, which was holstered on his hip, was found with a cracked, partially broken trigger guard. He also had a shell casing in his pocket, which he told police he’d picked up to “preserve evidence.”
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Simmons said McBride did not take Hoffman’s phone or return to his home.
“When Mr. Hoffman asked for his phone so he could call his family, Mrs. McBride retrieved it from the ground nearby and gave it to him,” Simmons said.
However, Hoffman said McBride picked up his cellphone and a shell casing, then returned home. Hoffman said McBride’s wife was driving by and stopped to help him.
Court documents said McBride’s wife called 911 after she saw her husband standing over a man lying on the ground, and McBride told her to call an ambulance.
McBride was later arrested and booked into jail on one count of aggravated assault and one count of disorderly conduct involving a weapon.
Hoffman said surgeons have removed the bullet from his back, but it’s unclear if he will walk again.
A GoFundMe page has been started to raise money for Hoffman’s medical bills.
McBride has posted his $150,000 bond. Simmons said McBride has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
On September 13, 2026, an incident occurred that resulted in the discharge of a firearm. Any matter involving the discharge of a firearm is a consequential event that demands a complete investigation and review of the full set of facts. Recent coverage, however, has presented an incomplete picture of that day, and we feel obligated to respond.
Earlier that afternoon, before he had any contact with Mr. McBride, Scottsdale police contacted Mr. Hoffman in a different gated community, advised him that he needed a permit to solicit in Scottsdale, and trespassed him from that community. Mr. Hoffman then entered Mr. McBride’s private, gated community past a “No Trespassing” sign posted at its entrance to solicit door to door, and when Mr. McBride asked him to leave, he did not. Neighborhood security video reviewed by Scottsdale police shows Mr. Hoffman riding back past the McBride home, and roughly ten minutes later he was still in the community, ringing another resident’s doorbell.
Headlines describing Mr. Hoffman as “shot in the back” suggest a man deliberately shot while walking away. That is simply not what happened. Mr. McBride defended himself. When the two encountered each other again, Mr. McBride, 80 years old and on foot, saw the 21-year-old Mr. Hoffman coming at him aggressively on a motorized Segway. As the Segway accelerated toward him, Mr. McBride drew his gun from its holster and held it by his side. Then, as Mr. Hoffman closed in, he raised his right hand holding an object. In that split second, Mr. McBride could not be sure what it was, and believing he was about to be struck, he raised his arm to protect himself. The gun discharged when they made contact.
Within seconds, Mr. McBride told his wife to call an ambulance, and he stayed with Mr. Hoffman until police and paramedics arrived. Contrary to some reports, he did not take Mr. Hoffman’s phone or return to his house. When Mr. Hoffman asked for his phone so he could call his family, Mrs. McBride retrieved it from the ground nearby and gave it to him. Mr. McBride cooperated with police and wishes Mr. Hoffman a full recovery.
Mr. McBride is a graduate of the Air Force Academy who served his country. In the more than five decades since, he has been a husband, father, and neighbor. Mr. McBride has pleaded not guilty. An indictment is an accusation, not evidence, and he is presumed innocent. The facts will be decided in a courtroom, through evidence and sworn testimony, not through news reports and social media. We respectfully ask the public to withhold judgment until the legal process runs its course.
Out of respect for that process, we will not be commenting further.
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