Not really sure where to put this so it can go here.
Heard a massive bang outside last night, we thought it was somebody hitting our fence to stir up the dogs as usual, so the wife ran outside to have a go at them (I had gotten up too to have a look). She runs into the laundry and starts screaming in fear. My fight or flee instincts kicked in and I am disappointed in myself that it chose flee so I bolted to the front door leaving the wife and kid (who was asleep and didn't move at all!) to face this guy trying to barge through our laundry. By the time I got to the door I had realised what I was doing so ran back, she had pushed the door closed on the dude trying to get in and he ran around the other side of my house.
I ran outside the side door to try and confront him but I couldn't see him anywhere, I thought he must have ran into the garage so we guarded the doors (with my trusty axe as I had no idea if he had a weapon or anything) whilst my wife called the police. Turns out the wife had locked the door to the garage only 10 minutes ago, which we never do, and he had some how ran back up the side of the house before I got out there and was hiding in my backyard this whole time. He was wearing high vis so that shit clearly doesn't work as I couldn't see him!
I then hear a knock on the door and 3 guys are trying to walk in saying they are looking for the dude that just ran into my yard, saying they were his dad, brother and cousin. Told them to **** right off as the wife was already on the phone to the police and I sure as shit wasn't letting 3 randoms into my house. Turns out these 3 guys are legit his family and they think he stole their car and were trying to beat the shit out him.
I went back outside and had a look around and peer over our fence to see our back next door neighbour outside on the phone clearly distressed. Turn out he had jumped my back fence into her and banged on her garage and other doors to try and get inside also. I then find out both occasions (mine and next door neighbours) he was saying "help me!" obviously trying to get away from the 3 guys. Neighbour had rang her cousin who lives near by as her Husband works night shift and she has two young kids also and was obviously pretty shaken up. He said the police had a guy just around the block so I walked around there. Police with the guy that tried to get in my house who looked no older than 18 and scared for his. I told the police what happened and 20 minutes later they came knocking on our door to say we are fine, bunch of lying dickheads and hoon drivers (people had been hooning up and down the street all night, first time in a long time that has happened) and that it wasn't an attempted robbery or anything.
My wife is shaken up, any noise in the house she jumps at, she was too afraid to tend to the kid this morning when she woke up at 5am and pretty much just scared shitless to be alone in the house at the moment. All blinds are now closed and doors locked which is a shame as the kid likes to play outside and now we have to keep doors locked until the wife is comfortable again.
Pretty scary experience all round and I am disappointed in my response to run first of all. Will definitely try to mentally train myself for a better response in future.
TL;DR and no context version: Guy jumped our fence and tried to run into my house.