Man Confronts Apartment Invaders, Gets Shot in Foot

A 54-year-old man was asleep in his apartment near Buford Highway early Thursday morning when he woke to the sound of knocking at his front door.

The man rose from bed, walked to the door and asked who it was.

"Amigo, it's me," a voice from outside said shortly before 3am.

The man opened the door and stood before a man outside holding a black revolver, DeKalb County police said. 

"Give me all your [stuff]," the gun-wielding suspect said in Spanish.

The man smacked the suspect's gun, and the suspect fired, shooting the man in the foot, the police report said.

The suspect and another suspect fled the apartment at Park Villa Apartments, 2095 Burton Plaza Ln., on foot. Nothing was taken from the apartment.

The victim was taken to Atlanta Medical Center.