A resident told Philadelphia Police that an armed men opened fire on him during a home invasion overnight.
The 32-year-old resident suffered a gunshot wound to his shoulder during the burglary along Oakmont Street near Torresdale Avenue in the Tacony section of the city Monday.
The man was taken to Aria Torresdale Hospital in critical but stable condition, said investigators.
The man’s girlfriend was home at the time but luckily wasn’t injured.
An early investigation revealed that two men dressed in all dark clothing kicked in the rear door of the home around 5 a.m. and that one suspect began to physically fight with the resident, said police. After the shooting both suspects fled the scene.
No word yet what, if anything, the men took from the home.
