A Wesley Chapel homeowner was shot Monday while disrupting an attempted car burglary, according to the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office.
According to the PCSO, deputies were called to a home on the 6800 block of Aramon Court in Wesley Chapel at 12:33 a.m. Deputies were told by the victim that he had come outside to smoke a cigarette when he came upon two men trying to break into his vehicle. He yelled at the would-be burglars, who shot at him. The victim was struck in the left thigh, and transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The case remains open as the suspects have not been captured, according to the PCSO.
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