By: Mary Beth Almond | Rochester Post | Published February 20, 2018



Oakland County Sheriff's Office deputies and the Rochester Hills Fire Department responded to a residence on Sugar Pine Road for a subject who had been shot at 3:40 p.m. Feb. 19.

A woman, 40, stated that she had accidentally shot her husband, who had a gunshot wound on his back. The bullet appeared to have exited in the area of his lower abdomen. The victim, a 39-year-old man, was conscious and alert, according to police.

Deputies arrived at the scene and located the victim and his wife, who was still at the residence. The wife stated that she had been putting her handgun away when she slipped on the tile floor in the foyer and accidentally shot her husband in the back.

Deputies said a Walther PK .380 was resting on a table in the foyer. While searching the exterior of the residence, deputies located a second handgun lying in the snow in the landscaping in front of the home.

Paramedics from the Rochester Hills Fire Department transported the victim to a hospital, where he was treated and released later that evening. The wife was released, pending further investigation.

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