A New Zealand man who was shot after attempting to break into the home of an American teenager has been released from hospital.

Auckland man Troy George Skinner is being held in a county jail in Virginia ahead of a hearing set for July 30.

Goochland County sheriff James Agnew said Skinner was recently released from VCU Medical Center where he was being treated for a gunshot wound to the neck.

"Goochland deputies have transported him to the medical unit at Henrico Jail East in New Kent County," Agnew said.

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Skinner has been charged with breaking and entering with the intent to rape, rob or murder while armed with a deadly weapon, he said.

GOOCHLAND COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE Goochland County sheriff James Agnew said Troy Skinner smashed a glass door to try to enter the home of the girl.

"A Goochland homeowner shot Skinner in his neck as he attempted to break into her Goochland home on June 22, and he has been hospitalised since."

Agnew said a hearing had been "tentatively" set for July 30 at the Goochland General District Court.

Skinner's alleged attempt to break into the house was earlier labelled relentless and violent by Agnew.

"[The attack] was pretty hard to fathom," Agnew said.

"It was a determined, planned, violent attack where he was relentless in his attempts to get into the house."

Agnew said Skinner was repeatedly warned by the homeowner that she had a gun but that didn't stop him.

Home invasions were unusual in Goochland and the attack was very rare, he said.

Skinner had flown from Auckland to Los Angeles before travelling to Virginia where he allegedly claimed he was a hitchhiker who needed help.

Agnew said he smashed a glass door to try to enter the home of the 14-year-old girl, who lives with her mother, father, and 18-year-old sister.

"All I can say is the manner in which he attempted to enter that home in the face of a firearm pointed at him and the implements we recovered from him - the only inference is that he had very bad intent," Agnew said.

"His arrival here was totally unexpected by anyone.

"He had been told in the past that the daughter no longer wished to communicate with him."

Agnew said Skinner bought a knife and duct tape from Walmart after arriving in the US.

Pepper spray was also found on him, he said.

The girl's mother saw a man trying to enter her home, warned him several times she had a gun, then fired after he broke the glass on the second door he tried to open, police say.

Skinner was struck in the neck.

Agnew continued: "I have to emphasise very clearly, that while he may be ... in the hospital [with a gunshot wound], he is not the victim. The lady [who shot Skinner to prevent him from entering] and her family members are the victims."