UNION CITY, Ga. -- A 75-year-old Union City homeowner said a frightening break-in started when someone rang his doorbell. Then, the homeowner said, there was a noise at his back window.

“So I went upstairs and got my pistol and came back down,” said the homeowner who didn’t want to be identified.

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The homeowner said he walked to the room where he heard the noise, got on the floor, and opened the door slightly. The homeowner said he saw someone crawling through the window.

“I’m within 8 feet of the guy. I’m nervous. I yelled at him and it seemed like his hand went up so I hit the floor and I started shooting,” said the homeowner.

The homeowner said he fired at least three rounds. Police said one bullet hit the 17-year-old suspect in the leg and the other in the groin area.

Police said the teen suspect ran up the street and eventually fell in the front yard of another home.

“I regret that it caused injury on him, but I also regret that someone was trying to impose injury and steal my personal values,” said the homeowner.

The homeowner said he purchased the house three months ago and this was the second time someone tried to break in.

Police said that so far the homeowner has not been charged and they will leave that decision up to the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office.

Authorities said the teen was being treated at Grady Hospital and faces criminal charges.