Six armed intruders break into home after midnight — but resident grabs own gun, blows one of them away, and the rest take off running

The resident of an Oceanside, California, home was badly outnumbered when an armed group broke in after midnight last week as part of an attempted robbery.

But this particular resident also was armed — and foiled the crooks' plan after pulling the trigger with deadly accuracy.

What happened?

Oceanside officers were called to the home on Moonstone Bay Drive near Marblehead Bay Drive just after 1:15 a.m. and determined that the resident "retrieved a gun and shot at the suspects," hitting at least one of them, police spokesperson Jennifer Atenza told the San Diego Union-Tribune.

The suspected group consisted of five men and one woman, the paper said.