Sheriff: Off-duty deputy shoots 26-year-old burglar who broke into his home [Video]

READING, Ohio — A Hamilton County deputy returning home from work shot a burglar who broke into his home early Sunday morning, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office said.

At approximately 5:30 a.m., Hamilton County deputies and Reading police officers responded to a report of shots fired in the 1700 block of Keith Road in Reading.

Investigators said there was a confrontation, and the deputy fired his personally owned weapon.

Kyla Woods, the public information officer for the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, said 26-year-old Darrel Williams Jr. was shot in the leg. His injury is non-life-threatening, Woods said.

After he was shot, Williams fled the scene and was later apprehended by Cincinnati police, Woods said.

Woods said Williams has been charged with one count of aggravated burglary.

An office manager for a nearby apartment complex told our crew on the scene that they heard one shot around 5 a.m. They also …