Couple was asking cousin to move out, saying he had overstayed his welcome

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WEBVTT HAT SPARKED THE FIGHT. YOLANDA EATMAN: HE WAS TRYING TO GET OUT TO LITERALLY KILL MY HUSBAND. MARLEI: YOLANDA EATMAN SAYS SHE AND HER HUSBAND WERE TRYING TO STAGE AN INTERVENTION WITH HER COUSIN THIS MORNIN YOLANDA EATMAN: SIT DOWN AND JUST HASH OUT EVERYTHING, AND HE JUST BLEW UP. MARLEI: SHE SAYS HER COUSIN SH HER HUSBAND TWICE. SHE SAYS THEY WERE ASKING HIM TO MOVE OUT, AYING HE HAD OVERSTAYED HIS WELCOME SINCE HE MOVED IN IN AUGUST. YOLANDA EATMAN: HE WAS JUST LIKE, THIS IS LONG ENOUGH. YOU GOT TO GET OUT. YOU NEED TO LEAVE LIKE BEFORE JANUAR AND HE WAS LIKE, I'M NOT LEAVING NOWHERE. MAKE ME GET OU SO IT WAS JUST AT THAT POINT, HE GO UP AND WENT AND GOT HIS GUN , AND STARTED SHOOTING MY HUSBAND. MARLEI: EATMAN SAYS HER COUSIN SHOT HER HUSBAND ONCE IN THE HAND, ONCE IN THE UPPER LEG. YOLANDA EATMAN: MY HUSBAND WAS SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO ME WHEN HE STARTED SHOOTING. IT WAS A MIRACLE I WASN'T HIT. MARLEI: WAS A MIRACLE I WASN'T -- MARLEI: EATMAN SAYS HER HUSBAND RAN OUT OF THE HOUSE, HER COUSIN IN HOT PURSUIT. SHE SAYS SHE'S THANKING HER DAUGHTER-IN-LAW TODAY FOR PREVENTING MORE BLOODSHED. YOLANDA EATMAN: IF IT WASN'T FOR MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW GRABBING HIM AND TRYING TO CLOSE THE GUN OUT OF HIS HANDS, HE WOULD HAVE KILLED HIM. MARLEI: BIRMINGHAM POLICE SAY

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A family dispute turned violent and landed one man in the hospital, the other behind bars. We're told the victim and suspect are cousins. “He was trying to get out to literally kill my husband,” said Yolanda Eatman. Eatman said she and her husband were trying to stage an intervention with her cousin this morning, when her cousin allegedly shot her husband twice. She says they were asking him to move out, saying he had overstayed his welcome since he moved in in August. “He was just like, 'This is long enough. You got to get out. You need to leave like before January.' And he was like, 'I'm not leaving nowhere. Make me get out.' So he got up and went and got his gun and started shooting my husband,” Eatman said. She said her cousin shot her husband once in the hand and once in the upper leg. “My husband was sitting right next to me when he started shooting,” she said. “It was a miracle I wasn't hit.” Eatman says her husband ran out of the house followed by her cousin. She says she's thanking her daughter-in-law today for preventing more bloodshed. “If it wasn't for my daughter-in-law grabbing him and trying to get the gun out of his hands, he would have killed him,” she said. Birmingham police say her husband is going to be OK, and Eatman's cousin is in custody.