Authorities said a 23-year-old woman walked into her home along the 100 block of Cedar Lane near West Garner Road to find a thinly built man wearing a mask armed with a handgun coming from her bedroom area.
After a brief struggle, the woman was able to run out of the front door, to a neighbors house where she called 911.
The woman suffered from minor injuries during the struggle.
Garner police described the suspect as a thin built black male wearing all black and a mask.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact the Garner Police Department at (919) 772-8810.