Twenty-six-year-old Daniel Scott Laskey Brown broke into a Mount Airey, North Carolina residence Wednesday armed with a handgun, according to police. What he encountered inside was a homeowner with a shotgun.
Police found Brown lying on the ground outside with a gunshot wound to the neck when they responded to calls about a shooting at about 4 p.m. EST, according to WXII-TV.
During the course of their investigation, the officers found that Brown had forced entry into the front door of the home and was confronted by the homeowner, who fired a single shot striking him in the neck.
Brown was transported to Surry County EMS to an area hospital where he is listed in critical condition at the time of this report.