DETROIT - A Detroit woman shot her husband early Tuesday morning after mistaking him for an intruder.

The man, 38, suffered a single gunshot wound to his upper arm at about 2 a.m., Aug. 7, when he entered his home in the 16000 block of Trinity Street, according to a report for WDIV Channel 4.

The man's wife, 38, was sleeping in bed when she was startled by him entering the home and pulled out a handgun kept under her pillow and shot him.

The man was taken to a nearby hospital where he was listed in serious condition.

Electricity was out in the home at the time of the shooting. The shooting remains under investigation, but it is believed to have been accidental.