SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Deputies said that a homeowner shot a man trying to break into his home on Tuesday morning.

The shooting happened at 632 Nodding Hill Road just after 9 a.m.

The homeowner told FOX Carolina that he was laying on the couch when he heard someone banging on his door and then glass breaking. He said that he went to a bedroom and retrieved his gun. He said that when he came back to the door he saw a hand reaching inside his home and fired.

The man said that he heard several people scream and then run away.

Deputies said that they are interviewing a person who showed up after the shooting at a local hospital, suffering from a gunshot wound. They said they believe there was more than one person involved in the break-in.

A search of the area surrounding the home briefly locked down the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind.