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A man shot and injured an intruder early Sunday, July 17, in the 500 block of N. Waterloo Street, Jackson police reported.

(Danielle Salisbury/MLive.com)

JACKSON, MI - Two men are charged with first-degree home invasion for allegedly breaking down the front door of a house, prompting the homeowner to shoot and injure one of them.

The homeowner, Richard Snyder, was found to have justifiably acted in self-defense and the Jackson County prosecutor's office declined to charge him with any crime, Chief Assistant Prosecutor Kati Rezmierski said Tuesday, Sept. 20.

Neither of the intruders has yet been brought to court. One of them, a 27-year-old previously convicted of home invasion, was on parole at the time of the crime and has since returned to prison for violating the conditions of his release. The other, 32, is in a rehabilitation facility, still recovering from his injuries, Jackson police Deputy Chief Elmer Hitt said.

The men are accused of entering the house in the 500 block of N. Waterloo Street about 2 a.m. July 17. They started coming toward the owner and Snyder fired one round, hitting the older man, according to Jackson police.

Snyder called 911 and legally possessed the firearm, Hitt earlier said.

Officers arrived to find the door knocked off its hinges, flattened to the floor.

A third man also was involved. As of Monday, he had not been charged.

Snyder is a medical marijuana patient and caregiver. Police verified he was in compliance with the medical marijuana law, which Hitt said does not prevent a person from legally possessing a gun.

Snyder's son and a neighbor said there had been an earlier break-in at the house. The men implicated in the latest home invasion are not believed to have been responsible for the October crime.

State law allows for people to use deadly force if necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to themselves or others.

People can use other than deadly force anywhere they have the legal right to be with "no duty to retreat" or if they "honestly and reasonably" believe that the use of that force is necessary to defend themselves or others from "imminent unlawful use of force" by another individual.