An 83-year-old woman shot a man who tried to get into her residence early this morning in the 800 block of Hines Road, sheriff’s investigators said.

The woman, who lives alone, said she heard a loud banging on her front door about 4:45 a.m. and she yelled through the door for the man to go away. He demanded she open the door and she again told him to go away. He pounded on the door and shook the window so hard that the interior blinds fell to the floor.

She fired a pistol through the window and the bullet struck him in the chest. He went about 100 yards to the side of the road where a pedestrian found him lying on his back about 6:10 a.m. The man was flown to Atlanta Medical Center, where he was in stable condition and expected to be released Thursday.

The hospital identified the man as Jacobo Lopez, but no age and address was available.

The shooting remained under investigation.

Man grabs woman

A man jumped out of a parked car in the 600 block of New Franklin Road on Tuesday night and grabbed a woman walking nearby, demanding that she enter the car, police said.

The woman hit the man’s arms and shoulders with her purse several times, causing him to release. She then ran to her boyfriend’s residence on Russell Street.

Police were searching for the man and a black Chevrolet Camaro.

Burglaries, thefts

• A thief damaged the back door of a vacant building in the process of construction in the 1000 block of Polk Street on Tuesday morning and stole rolls of copper wiring, a door, several windows and a bathroom sink for a total value of nearly $600.

• A thief entered a residence through an unlocked side door in the 100 block of Lafayette Court on Tuesday night and stole a pistol, three cell phones, 20 DVDS, video games, shoes and jewelry with a total value of $1,300.

• A thief entered an unlocked window of a residence in the 900 block of Kelley Street and stole two rifles with a total value of $250 Tuesday night.

• A vandal damaged a car’s front windshield, driver’s side and passenger’s side windows in the 100 block of Ragland Street on Tuesday night, causing damage estimated at $2,500.

Guilty plea

Quayton Bernard Moss, 26, of West Point was sentenced to six years in prison after he pleaded guilty to four counts of selling cocaine.

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