An Amarillo homeowner is angry that a vehicle crashed into his house after being pursued by police.

Sabian Lopez lives directly across the street from the intersection of Stardust and Georgia.  The intersection Ts off and there is no protection for Lopez's house except a fence.

Around 5 am Saturday morning, Lopez, his wife and their three daughters awoke to what Lopez said sounded like a bomb and felt like an earthquake.  A car driven by 17-year-old Bradd Navarro crashed into the bedroom of Lopez's youngest daughter after Navarro lost control at the Stardust/Georgia intersection.

All of Lopez's family was unharmed and he says his homeowner's insurance covers the damage to the house.  However, his insurance company is holding Navarro's insurance responsible. 

Despite all that, Lopez is still angry.

"I want to know why they were pursuing this gentleman at a high rate of speed in a residential area," Lopez said.

According to Cpl. Jerry Neufeld of the Amarillo Police Department, officers choose whether or not to pursue suspects based upon the time of day, the location and the number of citizens present.  Officers responded Saturday night after receiving complaints about suspicious behavior.  The officers followed Navarro and when they approached his vehicle, he sped off.  They followed him down Stardust, which is a straight-shot street.  Navarro lost control of the vehicle when he attempted to turn right onto Georgia.

"In nearly everything that we do, we're in a no-win situation," Cpl. Neufeld said.  "We're damned if we do and we're damned if we don't.  If the officer were to say I don't want to do this and he had a run down the street and hit and killed someone, the first think people would have been saying is, 'why didn't you keep going after this guy, why didn't you stop him?'"  So, in this case, we're trying to stop him and this happens."

Cpl. Neufeld said the chase was not high-speed and the officers made a good decision to pursue the teenager after the behavior he displayed.  Since it was early in the morning and there were not many people outside, Neufeld said the officers made the right call. 

"It was out of our control.  It was totally in the driver's hands.  He's the one that chose to take off and evade and try to get away from our officers."