A homeless man who was shot several times after breaking into a Portland granite and marble shop is now suing the business and its owner for $10 million, according to KPTV. The lawsuit was filed in Multnomah County court. Kenneth Voyles filed the lawsuit on May 6, 2026, against Touchstone Granite & Marble Inc. and its owner, James Grant. The suit accuses them of battery, assault, negligence, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Voyles is asking for $5 million in compensatory damages and another $5 million in punitive damages, per the court filing. A break-in for warmth turned into a shooting KPTV reports that the incident took place early on March 6, 2023, at the Touchstone business on Northeast Columbia Boulevard. Based on the lawsuit, Voyles was homeless, cold, and had not slept, and he entered the closed shop through a damaged part of a garage bay door to find warmth and food. Once inside, Voyles reportedly picked up a drill bag. In the lawsuit, he admits he was trespassing and planned to keep the bag. The lawsuit says the situation changed when Grant came out of a back room. It claims Voyles said sorry right away, but Grant threw a coffee mug and heavy tiles at him as Voyles ran toward the garage door to get out. According to the filing, Voyles then picked up a pair of bolt cutters to protect himself and tried but failed to open the locked door. Grant is said to have left the room and come back with a handgun, then shot Voyles multiple times without any warning. The lawsuit states that after firing the first shots, Grant told Voyles, “Yeah. You’re going to die, dude,” before shooting him in the chest at close range and firing again as Voyles tried to squeeze back through the broken garage door. Voyles reportedly suffered serious injuries from the shooting, including chest wounds that went through his body, a collapsed lung, and broken bones in his right arm that needed vascular repair and several surgeries. The lawsuit says Touchstone is responsible for Grant’s actions because he was carrying out his job duties to protect the business at the time. It also claims the company failed to have proper policies or training in place for handling security situations after hours. Confrontations can escalate dangerously, as when an Arizona man informed the sheriff’s department hackers were threatening to fake call police, yet they still stormed his house and shot him 8 times. Grant, who asked not to be identified by his last name or his business name out of fear of retaliation, described his account of the incident separately to KPTV. He said he arrived at work around 5:30 a.m. that day, about 30 minutes before his employees were due to arrive, and found an intruder in his upstairs office. Grant said he followed the man to the back of the warehouse, and the man’s behavior became aggressive instead of leaving the property. “It went right through my brain that he is ready to attack me, stop me,” Grant said. “When he picked up the bolt cutter and raised it and he was starting to come at me. I was lucky I can run about 15 feet, grab my gun and came back he was just standing there still ready. He started coming at me this way. Again, I didn’t look back and see how close he was because my mindset changed to my life’s totally in danger now.” Grant said he told the man multiple times to get on the ground, but the man did not comply. “The whole thing happened so fast I finally had to shoot,” Grant said. “I only shot him when he was standing looking at me ready to come at me and then I just let him go because I just wanted it to be over.” Grant claimed he then called 911. He said the man got out of the door and into the street, where he was met by police and taken to a hospital. Another violent encounter involving homeless individuals has ended differently elsewhere, as in a Wisconsin case where a man was found beaten to death. Grant said he has since installed surveillance cameras at the property. He said that in his 11 years running the business, nothing like this had happened before, but he was glad he was prepared. “Anytime I see conflict I usually turn the other way unless I need to help somebody,” Grant said. “I don’t wanna carry, I never wanted to have a confrontation like this but thank goodness I had it that morning.” Voyles was left in stable condition and is expected to survive. Grant was not injured. The incident remains under investigation, and Grant has not been charged with any crime at this time.