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GARY — A 54-year-old Gary woman accidentally shot her brother's friend after the friend, who had been drinking, mistakenly walked into her bedroom, police said.

The friend — a 48-year-old Gary man — suffered a gunshot wound to his shoulder but did not want to press charges, Gary police Lt. Thomas Pawlak said.

Police responded to the home in the 1300 block of Rutledge Street about 11 p.m. Friday.

The woman's 56-year-old brother, who lives in the home, and his friend were drinking and the friend said he was going to the bathroom, Pawlak said.

The woman awoke, saw a figure in her bedroom, got scared and fired a .22-caliber gun, he said.

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