Man shoots at mouse, hits girlfriend instead

CONFLUENCE, Pa. -- A man missed a mouse he was trying to shoot and wounded his girlfriend instead, state police said.

Donald Rugg, 43, was trying to kill the rodent with a .22-caliber handgun when his girlfriend, Cathy Jo Harris, 38, apparently went into the line of fire and was hit in the arm early Tuesday, state police said.

Harris was in stable condition at Somerset Hospital on Thursday, a hospital spokeswoman said.

State police said they won't charge Rugg, but advised against people shooting firearms inside.

-- From wire reports