A Provo, Utah woman is in critical condition after being accidentally shot by her husband. He had woken in the night and mistaken her for a burglar. According to a police detective, ““[h]e had heard some noise in the house, gotten up from bed still tired but he suspected it was a burglar. He grabbed a gun, ended up seeing a light and fired two shots.”
There is an ongoing investigation to determine “if the man announced himself prior to firing the shots.”
Source:
Ryne Williams, “Provo Man Shoots Wife Mistaking her for Burglar,” Daily Herald (October 20, 2020).