This past weekend, 14 cars were broken into across Chapel Hill.
HPD says other people were at the house when the shooting happened, but so far, they believe the shots fired back and forth were just between the suspects and the woman in her 70s.
Howell was home at the time of the break-in, according to court documents.
The group of teens is between 12 and 16-years-old, and police believe they're responsible for 33 vehicle break-ins since December.
Deputies are investigating a burglary at the home of the late NASCAR driver.
Ryan Camacho, the man charged in the killing of a Raleigh schoolteacher, had several criminal cases in Durham.