A Michigan man who fended off a house invasion that led to a shootout between him and an armed robber mentioned he and his girlfriend have been critically injured within the ordeal.
Benjamin Nevers instructed native information shops that he and a buddy had simply returned from a visit to the Bahamas earlier than the break-in occurred.
Nevers, 24, and his girlfriend have been asleep of their Dearborn Heights condo when he heard a kitchen window break within the wee morning hours of Saturday, Jan. 25.
Dwelling surveillance video captured the moments the pressured entry escalated from a smash-and-grab to a full-blown gunfight.
The footage exhibits the masked suspects looking out the house and taking objects. One suspect can be seen forcing Nevers’ buddy at gunpoint to lie on the lounge ground.
Nevers instructed FOX2 he heard the commotion and instantly grabbed his gun.
“Then I awakened, and I used to be simply fast sufficient to react to seize my gun and cock it and I simply sat there and type of waited. I knew they have been going to return to my room,” Nevers mentioned.
As quickly as one of many intruders entered Nevers’ bed room, the gunfight started and a number of pictures have been fired.
Video exhibits the trade of gunfire in addition to when Nevers crumpled to the ground from a gunshot wound he suffered whereas his girlfriend was nonetheless in mattress wrapped in a comforter.
Nevers mentioned his foot is totally shattered from wounds he sustained and he additionally took a bullet to the again. His girlfriend additionally suffered extreme accidents.
“I do know she bought shot within the again, and it like traveled up and it like hit her kidney and I believe it’s lodged in her chest proper now – like they’ll’t get the bullet out trigger it’s too harmful. So, I do know they’re watching her and it’s going to be a pair extra days,” he mentioned.
The shootout additionally injured the intruder. Surveillance footage confirmed him limping out of the home to attempt to escape earlier than he fell to the bottom.
Investigators recognized the suspected shooter as 21-year-old Phillip Worth, who now faces 21 felony counts together with assault with intent to homicide and armed theft. Police are nonetheless trying to find the second suspect.
Nevers instructed WXYZ that his giant social media following from his days as a celebration promoter may need tempted the suspects to focus on him.
“The bag that they tried to get was proper there and there was a bottle of Don Julio in it and a chocolate bar after which there was a studio microphone that I’ve. Like, these guys did this for nothing,” Nevers mentioned. “I’m simply comfortable all people is alive and nicely. I’m type of glad the man who shot me remains to be alive too. I don’t wish to kill no one.”
A GoFundMe was launched to assist Nevers and his girlfriend with their medical and residing bills as they each get better from their accidents.
