Alleged Intruder Treated for Gunshot Injury After Homeowner Opens Fire

Person holding a handgun
Karolina Grabowska / Pexels

An alleged Phoenix, Arizona, home intruder was apprehended by police and transported to a hospital for treatment after being shot Thursday night by a homeowner.

FOX 10 reported the incident occurred “near 7th Ave. & McDowell,” leaving the alleged intruder with non-life-threatening injuries.

The homeowner shot the alleged intruder as he tried to make entry in the home, after which the alleged intruder fled the scene on foot.

CBS 5 noted police then found the wounded suspect “near a marijuana dispensary on McDowell Road.”

The homeowner was not injured in the incident.

AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio, a Turning Point USA Ambassador, and a Sightmark rifle optical pro-staffer. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010, a speaker at the 2023 Western Conservative Summit, and he holds a Ph.D. in Military History, with a focus on the Vietnam War (brown water navy), U.S. Navy since Inception, the Civil War, and Early Modern Europe. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Reach him directly at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Authored by Awr Hawkins via Breitbart January 25th 2024