Gun-toting tenant shoots burglar who broke into his New Rochelle apartment: cops

Matt Coyne | Rockland/Westchester Journal News

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NEW ROCHELLE - A burglar trying to rob a Main Street apartment early today Monday was shot in the hand by the gun-toting tenant, police said.

New Rochelle police said Darius Rogers and a second man broke into an apartment at 759 Main St. around 12:49 a.m.

Rogers was armed, but so was the tenant, 21-year-old Nicholas Collado, and Collado shot the intruder, police said. The second intruder fled.

Rogers was transported to a local hospital and was treated for non-life threatening injuries. He is facing felony charges of first-degree robbery, first-degree burglary and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

Police said they found narcotics in the apartment. So, Collado is facing felony charges of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell and second-degree criminal possession of marijuana.

Police are still looking for the second burglary suspect. The investigation is ongoing.

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