A Virginia mother shot an intruder to protect her two-year-old daughter after he broke into her family home . Allie , who has not given her full name , is the wife of a James City County police officer and said the incident happened on Wednesday around 10.30pm , an hour after her husband left for work . After the man , 25 , broke through a window in her daughter 's playroom , on instinct she grabbed her gun and fired two shots , injuring him . Scroll down for video . A Virginia mother shot an intruder to protect her two-year-old daughter after he broke into her family home . Allie ( pictured right with her two-year-old daughter , left ) , who has not given her full name , is the wife of a James City County officer and said the incident happened on Wednesday around 10.30pm , an hour after her husband left for work . After the man , 25 , broke through a window in her daughter 's playroom , on instinct she grabbed her gun and fired two shots , injuring him ( above her family home where the break in occurred ) The man , who has not been identified , is recovering in hospital with life-threatening injuries , and could face a burglary charge once out , according to WTKR . Allie , who was trained by her husband on what to do during this type of incident , said the man started banging on her door and messing with the door knob while screaming things as he tried to get in . She said : 'He was screaming like , 'Let me in baby , we are okay let me in , they are out to kill me , ' I looked through the peephole and I did n't recognize who it was , so I latched the top lock , ran to the back , called 911 and got my gun . ' While she went to a back room to retrieve her gun , she heard a crash as the man broke into the playroom , an area where her child was only 30 minutes before the incident . She had only recently put her child to bed . 'She could have been in here playing and he could have busted in and fell on her or anything , ' she said . 'All I knew is I wanted to stop him from hurting me or hurting my daughter . ' Allie , who was trained by her husband on what to do during this type of incident , said the man started banging on her door and messing with the door knob while screaming things as he tried to get in ( above the window that the man broke through ) Allie said while she went to retrieve her gun , she heard a crash as the man broke into the playroom , an area where her child was only 30 minutes before the incident ( above the playroom where the intruder entered ) Allie said the man was behaving erratically , as if he was under the influence of drugs , and was coming at her , which is when she fired the gun twice . The man was hit in his groin and a second bullet went through his hand and into his stomach . The mother said she kept the gun fixed on the intruder as she waited for responding officers to arrive , according to Fox and Friends . Both Allie and her daughter were safe following the incident , but Allie said she is happy knowing it was not her or her daughter that was left in the hospital . 'It was either him or me , ' said Allie . ' I have my daughter to protect . '
Allie , who has not given her full name , said it was instinct to get her gun when an intruder broke crashed through a window in her home . The man , 25 , was shot in groin and second bullet went through his hand into his stomach ; he is recovering in hospital with life-threatening injuries .