‘Armed intruder’ is in critical condition after being shot in the neck by a North Carolina homeowner
An armed intruder attempting to enter a North Carolina property with a handgun was shot in the neck and seriously injured by a homeowner.
Police were called to the 300 block of Andrews Street in Mount Airy at 4:20 a.m. Tuesday afternoon.
They found suspected burglar Daniel Scott Laskey Brown, 26, lying in the front yard of homeowner Joshua Wade Murphy, 41, bleeding from a gunshot wound to the neck.
Mr Murphy once fired in a confrontation with Mr Brown when the intruder attempted to enter the house armed with a handgun.
Mr. Brown was hit in the neck and taken to Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.
Suspected burglar Daniel Scott Laskey Brown was found in homeowner Joshua Wade Murphy’s front yard Tuesday afternoon (Google Maps image of street)
Police said Mr Brown remained in hospital in critical condition but no charges were filed against either of them (file image).
He remained in hospital in critical condition on Wednesday, police confirmed.
North Carolina permits the use of deadly force in the defense of a property, a policy often known as the Castle Doctrine.
But the Surry County District Attorney’s Office will not file charges against either of them, police said.