DeJanay Booth | Detroit Free Press

A Detroit man admits that he accidentally shot himself in the foot early Tuesday morning in the 18700 block of Albion Street.

But did it happen after aiming for a cockroach?

A report by WDIV-TV stated that the 50-year-old was attempting to kill the bug, throwing his shoe at it with the gun inside when it discharged.

Detroit police officials told the Free Press that they could not confirm if the accidental, non-fatal shooting was because of a bug, but said the man was in stable condition after he was taken to a hospital.

It is not the first time someone reportedly went to extreme measure to take out an insect.

A Detroit man badly burned himself as he tried to set bedbugs on fire at his apartment in January 2016. The man was sitting on a couch and doused the furniture with alcohol. He lit a cigarette and then tried to burn one of the bedbugs, burning the couch and himself.

Four apartment units were destroyed in the fire and two dozen other units had water damage.

In 2015, a woman set an apartment on fire in Detroit after fighting against bedbugs. The woman also tried to use alcohol to kill the bugs.