MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — One of the owners of a North Memphis restaurant said she was forced to shoot a naked intruder who threatened her and her family members inside the business late Monday night.

The woman, who did want to be identified by name, said the man — dressed only in sneakers –showed up to Mr. Potato Head asking for water and managed to push his way inside, shutting the self-locking doors behind him.

She said the man became enraged when he couldn’t leave the restaurant, began damaging property, and jammed the doors trying to get out. She added that he punched her in the chest and continued to come toward her even though she was holding a gun.

“I was just afraid of his strength,” she said. “I’m pointing at him, asking him to calm down and stay away or get out of the store which the door was jammed, and he had no way out, so therefore I was between a rock and a hard place, and I just did what I had to do,” she said.

According to the woman, she fired one shot at the man when he charged her and shot him again when he picked up a chair to throw.

“It’s just a scary sight, and I know that people are saying what they could’ve done, what they would’ve done, but until you’re in a situation, you never know what you will do, especially when the fear hits you. You never know what you’re going to do. He was a big guy, big enough to hurt me,” she said.

The woman’s sister, who began live streaming after the shooting, said the man was like a lion locked in a cage. When they called the police, she reported the naked man was on the ground while she and her sister and brother were still locked inside the restaurant.

She said she went on Facebook to let loved ones know what was happening.

“If the police came in and arrested us or anything, my family needed to know. Somebody needed to know where we were or what was going on with us.”

The Memphis Police Department said a man was transported to the hospital in critical condition and later died. According to officials, a woman was detained, but no further details have been released about the shooting.

The woman who fired the shots said she was taken into custody, but she is not facing any charges. She added that she never wanted to take another life.

“I’m not a monster. I would never hurt anybody purposely. I just fear for my life and just did what I thought I was supposed to do,” she said. “I didn’t want him to die or anything like that. I just didn’t wanna be the one my mom had to claim to identify.”

The sisters said they recognized the man from the neighborhood. Police have not identified him.