A man was shot in the buttocks in northern Birmingham Monday morning, possibly while he was trying to break into a man’s home.

The shooting happened shortly before 10:30 a.m. in the 1500 block of 18th Place North in Fountain Heights. Birmingham police and fire medics responded to the parking lot of an apartment complex at 1532 18th Place North. Once on the scene, they found an adult male with the gunshot wound. He had run about a half block from where he was initially shot to complex.

The man was awake and taken to UAB Hospital with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. He was accompanied by police to the hospital.

Moments later, a nearby resident showed up at the scene and claimed responsibility for the shooting. Witnesses said they heard multiple shots fired.

That man, with hands raised, said he shot the other man as he was trying to break into his home. He surrendered his weapon to officers, and was taken to police headquarters for further questioning.

Officers found the gun belonging to the man who was shot in a nearby apartment. The investigation is ongoing.