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A homeowner shot an armed burglar who broke into his Shawnee home, police said Wednesday morning.Frances Banks and her husband, Cardell Banks, had been asleep at their home, near the 600 block of North Market Avenue in Shawnee, when they heard a loud banging noise around 2:30 a.m. According to detectives, an intruder had broken in their back door."I'm in there screaming. Any more I talk about it, my heart is fluttering," said Banks, recounting the horrific ordeal just a few hours after it happened. Cardell, who had been a preacher and lived in the same house for 40 years, loaded his gun, then headed for his bedroom door."My husband just told me to stay back," Frances Banks can be heard saying during the 911 call.Cardell peeked out of his bedroom and found himself staring down the barrel of an intruder's shotgun."He said, 'Get down on the ground' and he said 'You get out of here,'" said Frances, referring to her husband's encounter with the gunman.Cardell ignored the intruder's orders and started firing."I shot at him. I don't know if I hit him, but I shot at him," said Cardell, calmly explaining what happened to a 911 operator minutes after the shooting.Cardell then handed the phone to his wife while waiting for police."My husband was so brave. He took the phone from me, dialed 911, and gave it to me to talk to the dispatcher," said Francis.Cardell had shot the intruder in the chest. Neighbors say they saw him and a second intruder run out the backyard and jump the couple's fence.They had ignored the couple's security signs, motion sensors and alarm system before the break-in. The injured man was found under a truck and rushed into surgery at OU Medical Center. The couple were shaken up but are OK.Police later discovered a shotgun and signs the intruders tried to break into the couple's shed. Cardell is in his 70s and ill, requiring dialysis treatment.Despite that, he was able to fight off a younger, able-bodied intruder who had threatened him and his family."He's a very good man. He protected his wife, so that's what he was doing," said Frances.The couple says they didn't recognize the intruder. They also had never experienced a break-in like that before. The second suspect hasn't been apprehended.Stay with KOCO 5 News for the latest information on breaking news.Crime footer