A would-be robber ran afoul of an armed homeowner Monday, sheriff’s officials say.

The suspect, 26-year-old Carlos Solorio Gonzales of Yucca Valley, is accused of breaking into a house in the 7500 block of Joshua Lane shortly before 2:12 a.m. Inside, he was confronted by the homeowner, who was carrying a gun, Arden Wiltshire, a spokeswoman for the county Sheriff’s Department, said.

The 911 dispatch center got a call from the homeowner at 2:12 a.m. and heard a man yelling, “You’re dead, boy,” and “I’m going to blow your brains all over the house,” the call record from the county Sheriff’s Department shows.

The operator also heard a man saying he would give the other man a chance to walk out the door.

At some point, the robber and homeowner began a struggle.

“They start wrestling for the gun. The homeowner gains control,” Wiltshire said. “Once the homeowner gains control of the weapon, Gonzales jumps out of the living room window and runs.”

Source: Stacy Moore for the Hi-Desert Star.