A man shot and wounded an intruder who broke out a living room window to enter the man's home.
The incident began shortly before 1 a.m. Friday when the resident -- a 36-year-old man who was at home with his 33-year-old wife and four children -- reported to the Sheriff's Department that a man was in his front yard kicking his family's dog.
The suspect initially tried to enter the home by forcing open an attached garage door. He then broke the living room window with a hammer that he stole after breaking into the victim's vehicle.
The resident shot the 21-year-old Placer County man in the upper right thigh in the living room and held him at gunpoint until deputies arrived.
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