HILLSBOROUGH - Police do not expect to charge a 65-year-old Faucette Mill Road homeowner who shot an intruder in his living room Aug. 28.

"At this point we believe he was acting in self defense," Lt. Davis Trimmer of the Hillsborough Police Department said Tuesday.

The case will be reviewed by the District Attorney's Office.

Christopher Jerome Williams, 19, of 626 Wildaro Court in Hillsborough, was shot in the chest around 11:34 p.m. He was doing well after surgery, Trimmer said.

Police charged Williams and Audricus Southerland, 18, of 316 Lakeshore Drive in Hillsborough, with first-degree burglary. They were found at a relative's home, less than a mile away.

Police arrested two more suspects Monday night. Both Brandon Borden, 20, of 548 Homemont Ave. in Hillsborough and Artimus Stewart, 20, of 179 Torain St. in Hillsborough, were charged with first-degree burglary.

Police are not releasing the name of the homeowner. He told police he heard his door being forced open. He got a pistol and found three people standing in his living room, he told police. He fired one shot, hitting Williams. After the shooting, he saw four men running from his residence.

North Carolina law recognizes people's rights to defend themselves, others or their homes. In cases of defending one's home, the law allows the use of deadly force against an intruder to prevent entry and to terminate unlawful entry if a person believes doing so will prevent death, injury or the commission of a felony.

"I think they are more difficult cases to prosecute," said John Rubin, professor of public law and government at the UNC School of Government who has written a book "The law of self-defense in North Carolina." "The law provides a lot of protection to the homeowner," he said.

Staff writer Mark Schultz