A Woodstone Street homeowner shot a suspected burglar during an attempted weekend break-in, police said.

About 3:35 a.m. Saturday, officers were sent to a home on Woodstone on reports of an activated burglary alarm and that the homeowner shot someone who was attempting to break in, Amarillo Police Department Sgt. Brent Barbee said Monday.

When officers arrived, they found the homeowner and a man on the ground in the backyard of the home, near a rear-entry driveway. The man had a serious gunshot wound in his thigh, police said.

While investigating, officers learned the alarm system woke up the homeowner, who armed himself with a handgun. The homeowner told police he discovered a man attempting to break in through a back door of the home.

The homeowner confronted the man and caught him as he fled, police said. The two got in a scuffle, police said, and the suspected burglar hit the homeowner repeatedly on the head.

As the suspected burglar fled, the homeowner fired a shot that hit the man in the leg, the homeowner told police. Officers determined the homeowner did not know the man and confirmed it was a burglary attempt.

Officers later found a large screwdriver on the driveway that the man apparently used in the burglary attempt and the alleged assault.

Officers rendered first aid to the man before an ambulance arrived and took him to a local hospital for the gunshot wound, police said.

The man remains in the hospital, police said, and his name will be released when criminal charges are filed.

The homeowner, who was taken to a hospital and treated for head injuries, was later released, police said.