A man shot a suspected burglar in the leg inside a 21st Ave apartment building early Friday morning, the Seattle Police Department says.

According to SPD and emergency radio updates, police and Seattle Fire were called to the building at 21st and Yesler just before 1:30 AM Friday.

Arriving officers found the 28-year-old suspect down with a gunshot wound to the leg. Seattle Fire treated the man at the scene and transported him to Harborview with non-life threatening injuries.

Police say the building resident who opened fire and his wife were home with their young child and that the suspect “had broken through an exterior door, attempted to enter multiple units, and eventually came to their apartment, where he began yelling and kicking at the door.”

“According to the victims, the man in the apartment issued several warnings before the suspect forced the door open. The man then fired one shot through the door, hitting the suspect in the leg,” SPD reports.

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