A New Zealand man who had traveled to Virginia to meet a 14-year-old girl he communicated with online was shot by the teen’s mother this past Friday, officials said.

Troy George Skinner, 25, was shot after he allegedly smashed through a glass door and attempted to enter the Goochland home, Goochland County Sheriff James Agnew said.

Skinner bought duct tape and a knife after he arrived in the U.S., Agnew said.

The mother saw Skinner enter her home and warned him a few times that she had a gun, then fired after he broke the glass door, according to Agnew. Officials said Skinner was struck in the neck and remains hospitalized.

“All I can say is, the manner in which he attempted to enter that home in the face of a firearm pointed at him and the implements we recovered from him — the only inference is that he had very bad intent,” Agnew said.

The sheriff added that Skinner’s arrival to the U.S. was totally unexpected, according to the publication Stuff.

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Skinner will be charged with breaking and entering with a deadly weapon with intent to commit a serious crime, the sheriff said.

New Zealand police said they’ve offered their help to U.S. authorities.

This Fox News piece is used by permission; the Associated Press contributed.

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