A North Carolina man is in critical condition after being shot by a property owner during a home invasion attempt, police say.
The Mount Airy Police Department said Joshua Murphy, 41, was at his home Tuesday afternoon when Daniel Brown walked through the front door armed with a handgun, the Mount Airy News reported.
“Once Brown entered the front door, he was confronted by Joshua Murphy, who fired a shot, striking Brown in the neck,” police said in a statement obtained by the newspaper.
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The street in Mount Airy, North Carolina, where the attempted home invasion and shooting occurred on Tuesday, February 7, according to reports. (Google Maps)
“Officers responded to the residence and located the owner, Joshua Wade Murphy…standing in the front yard of his residence armed with a shotgun,” the statement added. “There was a white male lying in the front yard who had received a single gunshot wound to the neck.”
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First responders took Brown to a local hospital where he was last reported to be in critical condition.
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As of Friday, no charges have yet been filed in the case.
The Mount Airy Police Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
