A man was shot and later arrested after he followed a woman home from a casino and tried to rob her, police said Tuesday.
Abington police identified the man allegedly involved in the home invasion as Khabir Shepard. Authorities charged Shepard with robbery, aggravated assault, burglary and carrying a firearm without a license.
According to police, authorities responded to a home at 1800 Horace Avenue in Abington around 1 a.m. Monday for a report of a man shot following a home invasion.
When they arrived at the home, detectives encountered a woman who told them she had just returned home from the casino when an unknown man entered her home and pointed a gun at her. The man, identified by police as Shephard, allegedly pushed the woman to the floor and grabbed her purse from the dining room table.
According to police, the woman screamed for help, waking her son who was in the back bedroom. According to police, the woman’s son grabbed his legally obtained weapon and ran outside to see what was happening. After seeing that Shepard had a gun, the son fired two shots at him to protect his mother’s safety, police said.
Police said Shepard was hit in the back and arm by the bullets, but he ran out of the house and collapsed on the lawn.
Police then arrived at the home on Horace Street and took Shepard into custody. Authorities also said a gun believed to belong to Shepard was found on the lawn.
After he was arrested, authorities took Shepard to the hospital for his gunshot wounds. Shepard was arraigned and taken to the Montgomery County Correctional Facility, where he is being held on $250,000 bail.
