BURLINGTON, N.C. –

A severed finger left guiding at the scene of an attempted house invasion very last 7 days in North Carolina led investigators to a suspect in the situation, law enforcement explained.

Burlington officers responded to a report of an attempted home invasion Thursday morning just after a resident who had commenced a car or truck in the driveway encountered an armed male who tried to pressure his way into the dwelling, police claimed in a news launch.

Law enforcement explained the two struggled and the man’s gun went off, grazing the resident’s chest, before the resident was capable to shut the door on his hand. The resident was not critically wounded.

Criminal offense scene investigators identified a finger, believed to have been severed when the resident compelled the doorway shut, within the suspect’s glove, which fell off through the wrestle, police mentioned.

Investigators applied fingerprints to recognize a suspect, law enforcement spokesperson Emily-Lynn Adkins reported by phone in the town about 50 miles (80 kilometers) northwest of Raleigh.

Vernon Wilson, 67, of Hillsborough was arrested Monday on prices that include things like first-diploma burglary, assault with a fatal weapon with intent to eliminate, inflicting serious personal injury and possession of a firearm by a prohibited felon. Wilson was held on a $250,000 safe bond, police mentioned.

Court docket documents will not listing an attorney for Wilson, according to the clerk of court’s office.
