For the second time this week, a woman was mistaken for an intruder in the middle of the night and shot by her partner.  In an incident that bears a startling similarity to one reported in Utah on Tuesday of this week, a man was woken by noise in his home and grabbed a loaded weapon to investigate.  In tonight’s incident, in Atlanta, Georgia, the sleeping man heard a noise in the kitchen.  He ended up shooting his 58-year old girlfriend.

The woman was “stable when police arrived.”  No determination has been made about charges.

In another similar recent incident, also in Georgia, a Clayton County woman was arrested recently after shooting an officer in the arm, believing that he was an intruder. She faces two counts of reckless conduct.

Sources:

Chelsea Prince, “Man Shoots Girlfriend After Mistaking Her for Intruder, Cops Say,” The Atlanta-Journal Constitution (October 23, 2020).

“Woman Arrested After Mistaking Officer for Intruder, Shooting Him in the Arm,” WSB TV-2 (October 9, 2020).