Intruder Shot in the Leg After Breaking into Home

A suspected burglar is behind bars after police say he was shot by a man in the home he was breaking into on Sunday morning.

At about 1:40 a.m. Sunday, officers were sent to a shooting call in the 900 block of Glen Oaks Blvd. in the Red Bird area of Dallas.

An 83-year-old man told police that a man had broken into his home and he asked him to leave. When the man did not leave and threatened the man he shot the man identified as 21-year-old Robert Facundo in the leg.

Dallas Fire Rescue took Facundo to Methodist Central Hospital for treatment. He was then taken to jail.

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