A shooting by an intruder rattled residents at an apartment complex in the Alexandria section of Fairfax County. The victim is expected to survive. News4’s Derrick Ward talked to neighbors who said they will be making sure their doors are locked from now on.
A resident in Fairfax County, Virginia, has been injured after a burglar entered his apartment Sunday morning, and a gun went off, according to police.
Fairfax County police said they were called to the 3500 block of George Mason Drive for reports of a man running through the hallways of an apartment complex and banging on doors. When they arrived, they found a man, 27, who was suffering from a gunshot wound.
The victim told police someone broke into his apartment shortly before 2 a.m. He said he grabbed a gun to protect himself, and during a struggle with the burglar, he was shot.
The victim said the burglar fled, and he tried to find a neighbor to help him. Police said the man was taken to the hospital, where he is in stable condition.
Investigators are still searching for the burglar.
