UPDATE: Homeowner uses gun to scare off home invasion suspects

Posted: Nov 12, 2015 6:11 AM CST

Updated: Nov 12, 2015 11:08 AM CST

By Michelle Heron, Reporter

CHATTANOOGA, TN (WRCB) -
UPDATE: A Chattanooga family wakes up to find burglars inside their home, but it was the homeowner's gun that he bought days prior that scared them off.

"One had a tire iron and the guy that was demanding the money maced me and while he was macing me he was telling the guy with the tire iron to hit me because i wasn't complying with his demands," Andrew Buckland said.

Buckland describes the intense moments early Thursday morning inside his Fairfax Drive home.

"I leaned down and grabbed my pistol and I cocked it and got it all ready and the sound was enough to scare them off," he said, "It was money well spent. Even though I didn't get to fire it off, I don't want to harm anyone. I just want them to leave me alone."

http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/30498720/police-looking-for-4-home-invasion-suspects