Officials say the shooting happened after a resident claimed a man was trying to run through their house with the front-end loader and was destroying vehicles in their driveway.

A man was reportedly shot after he tried to use a stolen wheel loader to ram a house in Garland, Maine, according to police. Details at Equipment World

A Maine man is accused of stealing a large front-end loader in Garland. Police say he attempted to drive it into a home, destroyed vehicles with it and was apparently shot by the homeowner. Police say 37-year-old Michael Thompson allegedly stole the vehicle from a nearby gravel pit before arriving at the home on Upper Notch Road.

A Corinna man allegedly stole a front-end loader and attempted to drive it through a home before being shot by its residents.