One person is dead following a home invasion in Owens Cross Roads Monday night.

Sheriff's deputies were called around 9:45 p.m. to the 100 block of Plainview Drive, near the intersection with James Road, on a call of shots fired inside a home there.

AL.com's news partner, WHNT News 19, reports that one man was found dead inside the house. His identity has not yet been released by authorities.

According to WHNT, the homeowner told deputies that at least two men broke into his home, at which time he opened fire in self-defense.

A second man reportedly ran from the back of the home and down Deaton Road, but deputies were unable to find him. The homeowner was not injured in the incident.

WHNT reports that it was the second time deputies responded to the home on Monday. They went to the address earlier in the day on another burglary call.

Further details were not available this morning. Sgt. Brian Chaffin with the Madison County Sheriff's Department said more information would be released as it becomes available.