A southeast Raleigh homeowner shot a man during a burglary, police said.
The shooting happened at a home on Rose Lane, about a mile from Poole Road, around midnight. When Raleigh police arrived to the scene, they found 26-year-old Christian Beasley with a gunshot wound.
The homeowner tells WRAL he was in the bathroom getting ready for bed when he heard someone kick in his door, when he walked into the living room Beasley was standing there.
“I had my gun, and I was telling him to get down! Get down! Or get out! Then he just ran to me,” said the homeowner who did not want to be identified.
That’s when the homeowner fired shots. The homeowners say they had no choice but to defend themselves and their home.
“If somebody breaks in your home, you have to protect yourself. And that’s what he did. He had to protect us. We did not know what he was going to do,” said the homeowner’s wife.
Raleigh police told WRAL News that Beasley was taken to a trauma center and is stable. Upon his release, authorities said he will be processed on charges of first-degree burglary and damage to property.
Police said the incident is under investigation. They added that the homeowner will not face charges at this time.
The WRAL Breaking News Tracker captured video of people coming out of the house. They got in the back of police cruisers, but they did not appear to be under arrest.
Forensics investigators gathered evidence at the front door and inside the house.