A 23-year-old man was shot inside a home in Vienna after being mistaken for a burglar.

State police say they were called to a home on Route 49 in Vienna on Saturday where Arthur Rich, 42, shot a long gone inside his home, thinking he was shooting at an intruder.  However, police say the man he shot was an acquaintance who had been at the home earlier in the day, and had returned because he forgot his cellphone.

The victim suffered a gunshot wound to his shoulder and was transported by Mercy Flight to Upstate University Medical Center in Syracuse.

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