Drunk man shot after breaking into what he thought was own home

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A drunk man who thought he was breaking into his own home was shot and wounded early Wednesday by the actual homeowner, police said.

True Hatch, 24, acknowledged to police that he had “consumed a considerable amount of alcohol” and thought he had locked himself out of his house, said Benicia police Lt. Mike Greene.

The incident began about 4:30 a.m. when Hatch began banging on the sliding glass door in the backyard of a home on the 100 block of Panorama Drive, Greene said.

The 66-year-old homeowner identified himself to the suspect by “yelling out a window,” telling “the suspect to leave several times,” Greene said.

Hatch didn’t leave and instead shattered the sliding door and entering the home, police said.

The homeowner continued to yell at the suspect to leave, Greene said. As the suspect walked further into the home, the resident, fearing for his safety and that of his wife, shot Hatch once in the torso, police said.

Hatch was taken to a local hospital with a wound that was not life-threatening. He was arrested on suspicion of trespassing, vandalism, prowling and public intoxication.

No criminal charges are expected against the homeowner, whose name wasn’t released, authorities said.

The incident is the latest this month in which Bay Area homeowners have shot burglary suspects.

On Dec. 10, an Antioch man shot and wounded one of two burglars he found inside his home after his wife, who had already left the residence, was notified on her phone of a motion alert.

On Dec. 6, a Richmond resident shot and killed Reuben Terrell, 42, after seeing the suspect and a second man in his backyard.

Henry K. Lee is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: hlee@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @henryklee