A man is facing a felony charge after he was found inside a Greenwood home, and the resident fired a shot and then beat him with a baseball bat.
Darin J. Byerley, 42, of Greenwood, is being charged with residential entry, Johnson County Prosecutor Brad Cooper said.
Just before 6 a.m. April 14, a resident reported to police that a man had broken into his house in the 200 block of Lawnwood Drive in the Briarwood neighborhood, west of U.S. 31, between Main Street and Fry Road.
The resident told police Byerley got into his garage, and then came into his home. He had confronted Byerley with a gun, firing one shot that missed and went through several walls of the home. The resident then got a bat, striking Byerley several times, and then sprayed him with mace, according to the Greenwood Police Department report.
The resident then dragged Byerley through the house and out the front door onto the porch. When police arrived, they found Byerley sitting inside one of the resident’s vehicles, bleeding from a head wound, the report said. He was taken to a hospital for treatment and was later released. Police found Byerley’s hat and glasses inside the home, the report said.
When police spoke with the residents, they said Byerley would not speak, and only growled at them, and he would not leave the home, the report said. Both residents were concerned the man would return to harm them, the report said.
Byerley told police he uses methamphetamine at least weekly, and did not remember the incident, the report said.
Byerley has not yet been arrested.
