Woman wakes to find intruder towering over her

A woman told police she awoke early Sunday morning to see an intruder standing over her inside of her apartment.

Myrtle Beach police responded to a home on Greens Boulevard in reference to a burglary at 3:21 a.m.

The victim told police she was sleeping in her bed in the living room when she felt someone touch her back. When she woke up, she told police, she saw a strange man standing over her. She screamed and the suspect ran out of the apartment, according to an incident report.

The victim described the suspect as a 6-foot-1, 170-pound black male and said he was wearing a yellow shirt.

The victim told police her door was unlocked at the time.

The incident remains under investigation.