Shane Su­perville

A 43-year-old woman is re­cov­er­ing in hos­pi­tal af­ter gun­men pre­tend­ing to be po­lice of­fi­cers shot her in her sleep ear­ly Wednes­day morn­ing.

Po­lice say the woman was at her Riv­er Val­ley home along Dump Road, Ari­ma, around 2:30 am when she heard voic­es shout­ing, “Po­lice!” Mo­ments lat­er, gun­shots rang out and she felt burn­ing sen­sa­tions in her right thigh and left foot.

She was tak­en to hos­pi­tal by am­bu­lance, list­ed in sta­ble con­di­tion, and lat­er trans­ferred to an­oth­er fa­cil­i­ty.

Of­fi­cers from the North­ern Di­vi­sion’s CSI Unit re­cov­ered 51 spent shells at the scene, in­clud­ing 9mm and 5.56 cal­i­bre rounds. A neigh­bour­ing house al­so sus­tained dam­age, with sev­er­al win­dows shat­tered in the hail of gun­fire.