Tom Greer told police he came home Tuesday night and found two suspects, identified as 28-year-old Andrea Miller and 26-year-old Gus Adams, burglarizing his house near Terrylynn Place and Country Club Drive.
"(The suspects) jump on him, as he describes, and they beat him with fists, and then throw him, body slam him, basically, on to the floor," said Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell.
Greer had a broken collarbone, cuts and bruises from the attack.
"They leave him, basically I think, believing he's not a threat. He is able to get up. At that point, he goes into another room, retrieves a gun and comes back and confronts them once again," McDonnell said.
As the suspects fled, Greer opened fire on them inside and outside the home, hitting Miller as she fled into an alley.