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A Cleveland man is in custody after he kicked down a door and opened fire at a man in the city's Glenville neighborhood, police say.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Gunfire erupted inside a Cleveland home Thursday during an armed home invasion.

A man who was visiting his girlfriend suffered gunshots to his groin and his back. A man who broke into the home suffered a gunshot wound as well. Police did not explain the nature of his injuries.

The man who broke into the home was taken into custody and was not formally charged as of Thursday afternoon.

The incident happened about 1:30 a.m. at a home on Amor Avenue near Parkwood Drive in the city's Glenville neighborhood.

The double gunshot victim was at his girlfriend's home when the father of her 1-year-old child kicked open the door and chased him through the house, according to a Cleveland police report.

The man fired several rounds as he continued chasing the boyfriend around the home, the report says.

The pair scuffled in the living room and the boyfriend managed to get on top of the shooter, the report says.

A witness told police that she heard the shooter repeating "I dropped the clip, I dropped the clip," as he was pinned down in a chair, the report says.

Both men were covered in blood at that point, but the shooter appeared to be bleeding from his face and arm, the report says.

The boyfriend eventually ran out the door. The shooter followed.

Paramedics rushed the boyfriend to University Hospitals, where he underwent surgery for his wounds. Officers were not able to interview him further, the report says.

The shooter showed up at the Cleveland Clinic emergency room as police were still investigating. Officers met him there and he admitted that his "anger got the best of him," the report says.

He was booked into the city jail after he was released from the hospital.

Police did not say how the shooter was shot. Officers found spent bullets throughout a hallway, a bullet fragment in the bathtub, and a loaded magazine in the living room, the report says.

Police said the pair's infant son was inside the home at the time of the shooting.

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