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A homeowner in his 60s shot a man who broke into his Adams Run residence after midnight on Sept. 3.
The suspect, Lawrence Butler Jr., of Adams Run, was immediately taken to a hospital for treatment. Charleston County Sheriff’s deputies booked the 37-year-old man into the county jail later that morning on charges of first-degree burglary and cocaine possession, according to spokesman Andrew Knapp.
Knapp said deputies responded before 3:30 a.m. to Mauss Hill Road to a report of a home invasion and shooting.
Two residents — a man and woman in their 60s — were inside the home when a man broke a glass window in the front door, Knapp said.
As the suspect crawled through the hole inside the home, the homeowner fired a gun in self-defense, hitting the intruder’s left arm, according to an initial investigation by the Sheriff’s Office. Knapp said deputies found Butler lying inside the home near the door suffering a gunshot wound that was not life threatening.
Butler told detectives he was fleeing a nearby party and had consumed drugs and alcohol, Knapp said.
The victims were not hurt, Knapp said. No charges for the homeowner are expected.