Relatively stupid.

The Clackamas County (Ore.) Sheriff's Office reported that two neighbors responded to the sound of breaking glass and interrupted two young men burglarizing a store in Beavercreek.

At about 11:20 in the evening on July 15, Travis Wilbur and his wife heard glass breaking at Clarks General Store. Travis went to rouse his neighbor, the store's owner, Robert Finke, to go investigate, while his wife called the police. Finke, armed with a shotgun, and Wilbur discovered two people in the store, one at the cash register.

One of the two burglars immediately fled the scene; the other obeyed commands to exit at the front of the store and drop his stolen goods. But the action wasn't finished. The burglar who had escaped returned and told Finke and Wilbur that he had a gun, thus allowing his captured partner to escape. When the two burglars fled into the night, Finke and Wilbur followed in hot pursuit.

Apparently, one of the suspects began shooting at the pursuers, and Finke fired back, striking the burglar who had previously surrendered. The young man was hit in the rear end with a load of buckshot, stopping his escape.

The other burglar, identified as 18-year-old Jamal Shihadeh, was arrested nearby when sheriffs arrived on the scene. He was charged with burglary in the first degree. The wounded youth was a 16-year-old relative of Shihadeh. He was airlifted to a hospital in Portland.