PALERMO — An intruder armed with a gun was shot by a homeowner Tuesday afternoon in Palermo, according to the Butte County Sheriff’s Office.

Sgt. Matt Keeling said the Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of shots fired a little after 2 p.m. at a house on the 6900 block of Upper Palermo Road.

“When I arrived, I found an individual in the kitchen on the floor and unresponsive,” Keeling said at the scene. “At this time, we don’t know anything else.”

Detectives interviewed neighbors and people at the residence, and about 4 p.m. sheriff’s spokeswoman Miranda Bowersox said detectives determined the man who was shot was an intruder into the home.

Emergency workers took the man from the house on a gurney and put him in an ambulance. The suspected intruder was flown to a local hospital, Bowersox said.

Deputies said the man was alive when they put him in the ambulance, but his medical condition was unknown.

Bowersox said a silver sports utility vehicle was seen leaving the area and driving south on Upper Palermo Road.

More information will probably be released Wednesday morning, she said.

Reach Mary Weston at 533-4415 or mweston@orovillemr.com.