Warwick Police are working to sort out what happened Tuesday evening when a woman in her 50s living alone at 1161 West Shore Road was shot while in her home.

Richard Wade, 37, of Warwick but with no known address, has been arrested in connection with the shooting and charged with a number of counts, including assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of a firearm while intoxicated.

According to Major Mark Ullucci, it appears Wade, using a small caliber handgun, fired more than one shot through a front storm door, hitting the woman. He said the woman was transported to Rhode Island Hospital and has since been released.

According to the release issued by the department, police responded to the scene at 6:30 p.m. based on a report that a woman was bleeding in her home. After determining she had been shot, officers obtained a description of a possible suspect from neighbors, locating Wade on an adjacent street. A firearm was also subsequently located and seized.

At this point, Ullucci said, it is thought that Wade fired the shots from a vacant house directly across the street from that of the victim. Ullucci said police are seeking to determine whether Wade was periodically staying at the house and if he had also at sometime been in the woman’s house.

“We don’t have any knowledge of that,” Ullucci said when asked if Wade and the woman were related or knew each other. He said Wade has been “uncooperative.”

At the time of his arrest, Ullucci said Wade appeared to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

Detective Sgt. Fred Piece is leading the investigation.