Last Updated Dec 7th, 2019 at 6:12 pm

A man is in custody after getting shot with his own gun while trying to rob a family inside their Georgia apartment.

According to authorities, the suspect entered the home armed with a handgun and demanded money from a man in front of his wife and their son, threatening to shoot the child if the man did not comply.

The father fought back against the intruder, wrestled the weapon away from him, and shot him with it.

The criminal will be taken to jail after he is released from the hospital.