(8-20-24) Van Wert Police responded to calls around 12:54 a.m. on Monday for a call of shots fired at a storage garage located in the 1000 block of Pratt Street. The owner of the storage garage told officers he was inside the garage when he was confronted by an intruder. The owner said the man got within four feet of him and that’s when he fired his gun twice in self defense. The intruder then fled from the garage.

At 1:14 a.m., police received another call from an address on (334) Cherry Street where a resident said a person had shown up with gunshot wounds. The injured person was transported by helicopter to Fort Wayne Lutheran hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

No other details were provided by police and the investigation is ongoing.