One of the men arrested after a home invasion in Berks County that resulted in one of the would-be robbers being shot has pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm while illegally in the United States.

Harshpreet Singh, 25, an Indian national from Bakersfield, Calif, entered the plea Friday before U.S. District Judge Catherine Henry in Philadelphia, U.S. Attorney David Metcalf announced.

Singh, who was charged by indictment in October, awaits sentencing in July.

According to prosecutors:

On August 28, 2024, Pennsylvania state police from the Hamburg station along with Bethel Township police responded about 1:15 a.m. to a residence in the first block of Legion Drive for a reported shooting related to a home invasion.

At the same time, Berks County dispatchers received a 911 call for a gunshot victim at a gas station less than a half-mile away from the residence.

Officers found a man inside of a vehicle at the gas pumps with a gunshot wound to the torso. Singh, another man and a woman were also in the vehicle.

The shooting victim was taken by ambulance to a hospital for treatment.

Officers canvassed the area around the gas station and found two firearms in a gravel lot across the street: a Taurus 9 mm semiautomatic pistol, loaded with 12 live rounds of ammunition; and a privately manufactured firearm bearing no serial number, loaded with 17 live rounds of 9 mm ammunition.

Another firearm, a Glock .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol, loaded with 13 live rounds of ammunition, was found in the yard of the residence that had reported the home invasion.

Forensic testing on the three guns subsequently found a DNA profile consistent with a mixture of four contributors, with Harshpreet Singh included as a potential contributor to this mixture profile.

All four people in the vehicle were subsequently arrested and charged by state police with conspiracy to commit robbery — charges that were later dismissed in Berks County Court.

Singh faces a maximum possible term of 15 years’ imprisonment, three years of supervised release and a $250,000 fine.

This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the resources of the Department of Justice to repel illegal immigration, eliminate cartels and transnational criminal organizations and protect communities from the perpetrators of violent crime, officials said.