A burglar shot in the butt by cops who caught him inside a Queens home is asking for $10million for his trouble.

Felix Perez, 38, is being held at Rikers Island on burglary and assault charges, and claims he's unable to get a good night's sleep.

Perez, who allegedly stole rings, watches, earrings and a chain from the house, says in his Manhattan Federal Court lawsuit that he now suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and has 'nightmares of being killed by officers and fear of anyone in uniform'.

The Crown Heights resident, who is acting as his own lawyer, states in the lawsuit: 'I was shot by an officer of the 104th Precinct while trying to flee the scene of a burglary.

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Felix Perez, 38, of Crown Heights, New York, claims he suffers from PTSD after Queens police shot him in the butt as they wrestled over a gun during an attempted burglary in August

Perez is being held at Rikers Island on burglary and assault charges

'I was unarmed and showed no intention of harming anyone nor did I make any hand gestures indicating that I was armed or dangerous'.

Perez already had six burglary arrests when cops found him in August lurking through a home on 66th Street near Hull Avenue in Maspeth, reports the New York Post.

The resident noticed a man walking through her child's bedroom on a live surveillance-video feed she was monitoring on her phone and called the cops.

Perez already had six burglary arrests when cops found him lurking through a home on 66th Street near Hull Avenue in Maspeth

In a neighbor's footage of the scene, officers surround the two-story brick house where a woman can be seen pacing outside.

A cop then enters the house through the front door. The woman can be seen going inside and returning with her dog.

'She was afraid for her dog the entire time', NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce told the New York Daily News.

Perez, wearing shorts and a Yankees hat, was still hiding inside when cops entered the house.

An officer found Perez and shot him in the butt as they wrestled over a gun.

The gunshot can be heard in the video, which captures Perez running out of the house.

A bloody Perez made a run for it as patrol cars arrived on the scene, forcing cops to chase him through the neighborhood.

'I heard a shot. I turned and saw a guy with a mask and gloves run past', Roy Johnston, 42, who lives across the street from the scene, told the Daily News.

The bullet, which 'barely missed my femural [sic] artery, urethra and rectum', is lodged in his butt, Perez states in his lawsuit.

Perez is scheduled to appear in Queens Criminal Court next week.