Man shot in alleged burglary named

Yuma police have identified the Yuma man shot Monday morning during a reported vehicle burglary.

Robert Cuen, 23, of Yuma was shot once in the lower back after he allegedly attacked another man whose car Cuen allegedly was burglarizing in the 3200 block of Rome Street, police said in a news release.

Police said the shooting occurred after Ian Laughlin, 23, was awakened around 5 a.m. by a noise outside his home on Rome Street.

Laughlin said he went to investigate and confronted two men trying to burglarize his vehicle, police said.

Laughlin told police he was armed with a .22-caliber handgun and that he fired several shots when one of the two men attacked him, police said.

Cuen later sought treatment at YRMC for a single gunshot wound in the lower back, police said.

The other alleged burglar has not been located or identified, police said.

YRMC said it could provide no condition report for Cuenl.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to call police at 373-4700 or 78-CRIME.