A man was shot dur­ing an at­tempt­ed rob­bery at his Diego Mar­tin home on Sat­ur­day night.

Po­lice said the in­ci­dent hap­pened around 10.05 p.m. while he was tend­ing to his dog, which he be­lieved had been poi­soned. He told in­ves­ti­ga­tors that two men ap­proached him, and one, de­scribed as slim, about five feet eight inch­es tall, brown-skinned and wear­ing a dark hood­ie and black trousers, point­ed a firearm at him and said, “this is a rob­bery, car­ry me in­side.”

A strug­gle fol­lowed and a loud ex­plo­sion was heard. The man said he let go of the at­tack­er, and both sus­pects ran off, climb­ing over a wall on the west­ern side of the com­pound.

He then re­alised he had been shot un­der his right arm. He ran in­side, locked the gate, sought safe­ty and con­tact­ed the po­lice.

Of­fi­cers re­spond­ed, in­ter­viewed him, record­ed a re­port and took him to the West­shore Ac­ci­dent and Emer­gency for treat­ment. Crime Scene In­ves­ti­ga­tors processed the scene. En­quiries are con­tin­u­ing.