A do-gooder backed away in the face of gunshots early Monday after chasing burglars through a subdivision near Pine Creek High School in northern Colorado Springs.Police gave this account:A resident of Forest Creek Drive awoke to his garage door opening about 3 a.m. He spotted a running vehicle in front of his house, and the chase was on.

The resident lost sight of the vehicle and was returning home when he saw a house on Daydreamer Drive being burglarized. He chased two vehicles and tried to box them in and contact police, but the suspects fired several shots. The resident ended the chase when his car was hit.

Several homes in the neighborhood were entered through garage doors early Monday, police said. In one case, residents awoke and yelled to scare the burglars away. The burglaries are thought to be related. Police asked that people with information on the case call 444-7000.