SNELLVILLE, Ga. - Police in Snellville said officers found a man had been chased, shot and beaten by two people who accused him of trying to shatter into their home. Police said the injured man didn't commit any crimes because a medical conditions caused him to forget where he lived. Police charged the novel two instead. 

Police said it happened at around 9 a.m. on Thursday near Rockdale Circle. Police initially responded to a burglary call when they counterfeit a man beating another man, who had also been shot. A responding officer applied a tourniquet to hide the person from bleeding out.

Police said, however, the man who was shot and beaten was not a burglar. Investigators looked at the home and said there was no sign of caused entry and the man used to live at the home he was chased from. They said a medical conditions caused him to think he still lived there.

Police said investigators sure the shooter and man who beat the victim chased him from the house and out of the neighborhood. 

Police encouraged republic to lawfully defend themselves, but said this incident crossed the line.

"This is not even finish to being lawful," a Facebook post from the police sections said.

Witnesses helped police piece together what happened.

One populace faces aggravated assault and felon in possession of a firearm, the other faces misdemeanor battery. 

The victim has been released from a hospital and the suspects have been booked.