GONZALES — A teenager was shot in his own home Friday night, a window was broken, and it seemed an intruder had gotten inside.

Home alone last week, two teenage brothers were struck with fear and hid in their closets when they heard what sounded like an intruder entering their home.

"My baby is so traumatized by this," the boy's mother, who asked not to be identified, said.

The mother says the intruder found one of her sons in a bedroom closet and fired a gun.

With that in mind, WBRZ asked the Gonzales Police Department about the status of their investigation.

Captain Steven Nethken explained the evidence police have collected.

"We've collected different versions of DNA and biological samples from within the home, but at this particular time, we cannot tell you who it belongs to," Ne

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