A 21-year-old Tuscaloosa man foiled the robbery of his home shortly after midnight Saturday morning when he drew a gun of his own to fend off two armed 19-year-old men, according to the Tuscaloosa Police Department.

Kip Hart, the assistant commander of the Tuscaloosa Metro Homicide Unit, said TPD responded to DCH Regional Medical Center to find out more about a 19-year-old man who was admitted to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg. The wounded man was taken to the hospital in a private vehicle by another 19-year-old male, Milton Prentice.

While police were interviewing Prentice and the wounded man, a 21-year-old man who had been shot in the arm was admitted to the hospital.

Hart said Prentice and his wounded friend gave police conflicting stories about where he'd been shot. At the same time, the recently arrived 21-year-old told officers there that two black males tried to rob him at his home on the 2200 block of 48th Street East, and he had fired shots back at the duo.

Realizing that the two hospitalizations might be related, police took Prentice to the homicide office and interviewed him. There, he admitted to going to the victim's apartment to rob him. The man inside had a handgun and shot the still-unidentified man with Prentice when they attempted to force their way in.

Prentice was arrested and charged with first-degree attempted burglary and second-degree assault. Hart said there may be future charges on the 19-year-old who was shot, who was in stable condition Saturday afternoon. Hart also said the would-be victim's injuries were non-life threatening.