QUINCY — Two masked men attempted to rob a Quincy home Thursday night and left only with a bullet.

Two suspects knocked on the door of a home on C Street Northeast in Quincy, bearing a small caliber handgun, according to Quincy Police Chief Bill Gonzales. The person living in the house looked outside to see the would-be robbers and fetched a small carbine rifle before opening the door.

Gonzales said one of the suspects aimed the pistol at the resident, who opened the door. The resident fired twice.

Officers arriving on the scene located a 25-year-old man laying in a gutter near the residence with a gunshot wound to the leg.

"(He) couldn't give a reasonable explanation for how he got shot, but evidence indicated that he may have been involved in the incident," reported Gonzales.

The suspect was not arrested as he was transported to Quincy Valley Medical Center and later transported to Central Washington Hospital for treatment of his wound.