ATLANTA -- A Southwest Atlanta woman is recovering from a beating with a bizarre back story.

According to Atlanta Police Department spokeswoman Kim Jones, the woman's attacker showed up at her home on Atwood Street Monday morning and beat her with the butt of a rifle.

A witness told police the suspect then ran the woman over with his car and took off.

The witness said it looked like there was dead man in the car too, with a gunshot wound to the head. The suspect claimed the woman had killed the shooting victim.

The dead body was later found at a home on Ezra Church Road, near Mozley Park and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Police found the car from the hit and run nearby.

The woman who was hit was listed in stable condition at Grady Hospital.

Police are still searching for the suspect. No names have been released, but there are several warrants out for his arrest.