GARDEN GROVE – A man in his 20s was shot and injured during a residential burglary Wednesday morning, police said.

The shooting was reported shortly after 9 a.m. at a home in the 9200 block of Chapman Avenue near Magnolia Street, Lt. Robert Fowler said.

A caller said a homeowner was struggling with a residential burglar in the backyard, Fowler said. Moments later, it was reported that the homeowner was armed and had possibly shot the man, he said.

Responding officers found a man they described as a parolee suffering from a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the leg. The man, whose name was not immediately available, was taken to UCI Medical Center in Orange, Fowler said.

“There only seems to be one suspect,” Fowler said.

Contact the writer: 714-704-3709 or desalazar@ocregister.com