14-year-old arrested after suspected ‘door kick challenge’ in Phoenix – ABC15 Arizona

14-year-old arrested after suspected ‘door kick challenge’ in Phoenix  ABC15 Arizona

Phoenix Police have arrested a 14-year-old boy accused of kicking in the front doors of a North Phoenix home, causing an estimated $10,000 in damage in what investigators believe was connected to a social media trend known as the “door kick challenge.”The incident was caught on the home's doorbell camera.Video shows two juveniles arriving in a red Ford truck before one runs toward the home and kicks in the double front doors.Brooke, who was inside the home at the time and asked ABC15 not to show her face, remembers hearing the impact.“There was just a very loud bang noise,” Brooke said. “I walked out of my room… and then I just—I see the doors just wide open, and I was pretty confused, pretty freaked out.”The incident happened shortly after 6:30 a.m.

on Sept. 12 at a home in North Phoenix.Phoenix Police said investigators identified the person accused of kicking in the doors as a 14-year-old boy. He was taken into custody Sept. 23 and booked into the Durango Juvenile Detention Facility on one count of criminal damage and one count of unlawful use of transportation.Police said the red Ford truck seen in the video had been reported stolen out of Scottsdale, though investigators have not linked the 14-year-old to the theft of that vehicle. Detectives said they uncovered separate evidence