AKRON, Ohio -- Two armed men forced their way into a home and robbed a woman and her three children at gunpoint Wednesday night, police say.

The home invasion happened shortly before 8 p.m. on Columbia Avenue near East York Street in Akron's North Hill neighborhood. A curious neighbor suffered a gunshot wound to the leg as the robbers made their escape, according to police records.

Akron police captured Thornton Thomas, 30, shortly before 11 p.m. at a gas station on North Main Street. He faces charges of aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery, receiving stolen property and possession of marijuana, police said.

The second man has not been identified.

The mother told police she and her children, ages 4, 8 and 9, and three friends were inside of the home when Thomas and another man forced their way inside and held them at gunpoint, police said.

The men ransacked the home and took a cellphone, laptop, a photo ID and $222 in cash, police said.

One of the victims ran to a neighbor's house, police said. The neighbor came out to see what was going on while the victim banged on the door.

The men ran out of the home and shot the neighbor in the leg and ran south, police said. He was taken to Summa Health Akron City Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said.

Thomas had the cellphone when police arrested him.

The shooting is under investigation.

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