Man shoots girlfriend after mistaking her for intruder, cops say

A 58-year-old woman was shot Friday morning when noise in the kitchen startled her sleeping boyfriend, South Fulton police said.

“The boyfriend, who was in bed, believed the victim was an intruder while she was in the kitchen,” police spokesman Lt. Jubal Rogers told AJC.com.

Police were called about 5:30 a.m. to investigate the shooting at a home in the 6900 block of Old Bethsaida Way.