76-year-old Bill Dowis originally sold some firewood to the two suspects on Monday. They came back Tuesday to buy more. But when one of the men asked Dowis if he could go inside and wash his hands, that's when the business transaction turned into a crime.

Dowis says one of the men pulled a gun on him in the house and demanded all the money that had been collected from firewood sales. Dowis directed him to a back bedroom where the money was. The suspected thief stuffed so much cash into his pockets that his pants fell down. He then asked for a pillow case to put more money in.

When the suspect came back in the house to get more money, Dowis had retrieved a .357 Magnum from his night stand and began firing the pistol toward the intruder. The suspect ran outside and he and a second suspect jumped in their car and drove off. Dowis fired on the car and hit it several times, but it's unclear if either man in the car was shot.

The getaway car is described as a white sedan, possibly a Pontiac Sunfire.