A homeowner chased an intruder from his house Saturday afternoon and then fired several shots from a handgun when the man tried to run him down in his driveway.

Police Chief Brandon Clabes said the incident occurred at 2:35 p.m. in the 2000 block of N Douglas. He said the homeowner was alone when he heard a loud bang and his house shook. He went into the living room where he encountered the intruder who ran out the front door and got into a late model red or maroon pickup that was parked in the driveway.

The homeowner followed the intruder outside, stood behind the pickup and ordered him to get out. The intruder put the truck in reverse and tried to run over the homeowner; that's when the homeowner opened fire and shot out the back window and at right front side of the truck, Clabes said.

The homeowner was not injured, and the pickup fled north on Douglas.