HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – A robber dropped his pistol and wallet after his intended victim confronted him with his own gun, police said.

The victim reported that at about 12:20 a.m. on Sunday, a man entered his apartment in the 2200 block of Golf Road Southwest and pointed his pistol at the occupants. One of the occupants then confronted the robber with a pistol.

The robber started backing out of the apartment, tripped, fell, dropped his pistol and his wallet, which he left behind when he fled, Huntsville police said.