PINE HILLS, Fla. – A man climbing through a window into an Orange County apartment was shot and wounded by a resident, deputies said.
The shooting was reported at 1:54 a.m. in the 2000 block of North Pine Hills Road in Pine Hills.
According to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to the home and the resident said he saw a man climbing through a window. The resident fired at the suspected burglar, who was apprehended by deputies, the Sheriff’s Office said.
The man who was shot was taken to a hospital for treatment.
He was identified Monday as 37-year-old Jose Carlos Ramirez Chavez. He’s facing a charge of burglary of an occupied dwelling.