CLEVELAND, Ohio – The victim of a home invasion on Cleveland's East Side Tuesday morning opened fire on the two men who attempted to rob him, killing one suspect and sending the other to the hospital, police said.

The armed suspects approached 24-year-old Everton Mosby outside his Rudyard Road residence about 2 a.m. and ordered the victim inside, where they beat and pistol-whipped him, police said.

Mosby, who is licensed to carry a concealed weapon, was able to get hold of his gun during the attack. He fired in the suspects’ direction and hit both men, police said.

One suspect, who has not been identified, was pronounced dead at the scene. He is believed to be in his 20s, police said. The other suspect, 27-year-old Willie R. Riley, was treated for a gunshot wound to the knee at MetroHealth Medical Center and placed under arrest, police said.

Authorities did not find a form of ID on the deceased suspect, so it could be days before he is positively identified, said Hugh Shannon, spokesman for the county medical examiner.

The medical examiner’s office will attempt to ID the suspect by his fingerprints. Dental records or DNA samples could be used to identify the suspect if no matches turn up in fingerprint databases, Shannon said.

County court records show Riley has past charges of breaking and entering, theft, criminal damaging and felonious assault. The court shows no records for Mosby.

Mosby’s home – one unit in a two-family residence – remained sealed by the medical examiner Tuesday afternoon.

The home invasion occurred about a half-mile from the Kipling Avenue home where two young girls died last week in a suspected home invasion and arson.

The Cleveland Division of Police Homicide Unit is investigating the incident. The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office will determine the suspect’s official cause of death.