MMC security guards yesterday shot a man as he attempted to flee from them after they found him in possession of items he had stolen from a Bel Air residence.
According to a police press release, the man was shot in his left foot around 4.30 am when the private security patrol responded to the alarm he had triggered at the Begonia Avenue residence. When they arrived the man was seen in yard, but he fled by scaling a fence.
He was later found on Duncan Street and the guards arrested him and took him back to the residence, where the owner identified items found in his possession as hers. He again attempted to escape and it was during this bid that he was shot.