Intruder breaks into home in middle of night and enters bedroom, startling sleeping couple. Confrontation escalates before one of them shoots intruder dead.

Yet another crook threw caution to the wind, likely banking on the chance that his victims wouldn't put up a fight — much less end one with a gun.

And it looks like yet another crook guessed wrong.

What went down?

Police in West Palm Beach, Florida, said a man broke into a home in the 500 block of Avon Road around 4 a.m. Saturday, startling a sleeping couple before one of them fatally shot the intruder after an escalating confrontation, the Palm Beach Post reported.

When cops showed up at the residence in response to a 911 call about a shooting, officers found a man inside suffering from a gunshot wound, police told the paper.

Police believe the man — possibly in his late 30s to early 40s — broke into the home through a window and turned on the bedroom light, waking up a 44-year-old man and a 53-year-old woman, the Post reported.

At that point, a confrontation ensued and quickly escalated, culminating with one of the residents shooting the intruder, the paper said.

The intruder was taken by city paramedics to St. Mary's Medical Center where he died, the Post reported.

The man and woman weren't injured, WTVJ-TV reported.

Anything else?

While the investigation is ongoing, police told the paper that the couple did not know or have any connection with the intruder. The Post added that police had not confirmed the intruder's identity as of Sunday.

The paper also said police withheld the residents' names because of the Marsy's Law privacy restriction. Marsy's Law in Florida protects crime victims and their families.

A neighbor told WPTV-TV that the area is pretty quiet and that a random break-in like this is reportedly out of the ordinary.