Once police arrived the man was asked to come outside with his hands in the air. He didn't require any medical treatment, having escaped with only a graze to his shoulder.
Based on the trajectory from the hole in the wall officers were roughly able to establish the shot had been fired from a nearby property and a police dog was used to help locate the shooter.
Sources say the shooter had several targets set up in his background. It's believed the rifle had a silencer on it at the time and neighbours the Herald spoke to say they hadn't heard any shots being fired at the time.
One man, who didn't want to be named, told the Herald it felt it was concerning there were "idiots out there" firing shots in a built-up residential area.
"Somebody could have been dead because of this."
A 47-year-old man has since been charged with reckless discharge of a firearm and is due to reappear in Hamilton District Court early next year.
Police wouldn't say if the man had a firearms licence, whether the rifle was legal or if there were any other firearms at the property.