Detroit woman accidentally shoots husband as he fought guy

A Detroit woman accidentally shot her husband in the leg while trying to hit the guy he was fighting with.

The row began after the husband, 39, who survived the shooting, got into an argument with his neighbor Muhammad Jamil over an outstanding debt, in the middle of the street.

Jamil, 32, said the ‘little confrontation’ rapidly escalated into a physical fight, in the 1900 block of Atkinson Street, Detroit, at around 10.45am on Sunday.

A Detroit woman accidentally shot her husband in the leg while trying to hit the guy he was fighting with (pictured are police outside their property)

Police arrested the 37-year-old woman (pictured are police arresting the suspect) for shooting her own husband 

Police arrested the 37-year-old woman (pictured are police arresting the suspect) for shooting her own husband 

The pair were wrestling on the ground when Jamil said that his neighbor’s wife, 37, grabbed a gun and opened fire, ClickonDetroit reports.

While she was attempting to hit Jamil, she in fact hit her own husband in his left leg.

Jamil said that after the gunshots, the fight stopped and he even helped the injured man to his feet.   

The row began after the husband, 39, who survived the shooting, got into an argument with his neighbor Muhammad Jamil (pictured)

The row began after the husband, 39, who survived the shooting, got into an argument with his neighbor Muhammad Jamil (pictured)

The pair were wrestling on the ground when Jamil said that his neighbor's wife, 37, grabbed a gun and opened fire. An ambulance arrived at the scene to rush the man to hospital

The pair were wrestling on the ground when Jamil said that his neighbor’s wife, 37, grabbed a gun and opened fire. An ambulance arrived at the scene to rush the man to hospital

‘I helped him off the ground when he got shot,’ Jamil said. ‘I was, like, ‘Dude, that’s your wife doing all of this,’ and he’s, like, ‘I’m sorry!”

Jamil explained that his neighbor, who has not been named, reportedly owed him $1,500 for some work he did on the couple’s home.

‘He was trying to play me over some money,’ Jamil said.

Police arrested the 37-year-old woman and her husband was rushed to hospital. Their children are currently in the care of a family friend.



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