A 58-year-old woman shot her boyfriend Sunday afternoon, not long after she asked him to leave her home, authorities said today.

Jefferson County sheriff's deputies were called to a home in the 1700 block of Fifth Place N.W. about 5 p.m. Sunday on a report of a disturbance, said Chief Deputy Randy Christian. The 58-year-old female homeowner told deputies she had been dating a 46-year-old man but said they had argued and she asked him to leave.

He went outside, but continued to argue and asked to be let back in. She told him no, and closed the door, Christian said.

A short time later, the woman heard the front door being forced open, armed herself and found the man standing inside her home armed with a box cutter. When he moved toward her, she said, she fired one shot and he fled.

The man went to his sister's home in the 1700 block of Winewood Road and told her he had been shot. Paramedics treated him on the scene and then took him to UAB Hospital. Christian said the man was shot in the hip, and is expected to survive.

The shooting remains under investigation.