Resident shot intruder with dropped gun, Hampton police say

HAMPTON

A Hampton resident says he used an intruder's own gun to shoot him when the man broke into his home on Wednesday.

The resident told police that two men with guns attacked him inside the house in the 1100 block of E. Pembroke Ave. about 12:20 a.m.  A third person waited in the car, police said.

"During the assault, one of the suspects dropped his handgun, which the victim was able to retrieve," a police statement said. "The victim fired the handgun, striking one of the suspects in the arm."

Keyen Lamar Hill, 27, of Newport News,  was arrested at a hospital and charged with robbery, four counts of attempted robbery, maiming, abduction, breaking and entering while armed and six counts of using a firearm in the commission of a felony, police said.

The  victim was treated for injuries, police said. They were looking for the other two suspects.