A 42-year-old se­cu­ri­ty guard is in sta­ble con­di­tion at the hos­pi­tal af­ter a gun­man en­tered his Pe­nal home and shot him sev­er­al times.

Po­lice said Jack­son Woods of Beck­les Street, Pe­nal, suf­fered three gun­shot wounds.

In­ves­ti­ga­tors said around 8.30 pm, Woods was in a bed­room at his home when a man en­tered through an open door­way. Woods said he heard sev­er­al ex­plo­sions and then felt a burn­ing sen­sa­tion in his body. Re­al­is­ing he was shot, Woods ran to Fras­er Street, where he sought help. He sus­tained gun­shot in­juries to his left hand, left side of his waist, and right foot.