Man accidentally shot by wife during fight with another man

A woman on the west side of Detroit accidentally shot her husband Sunday night while attempting to shoot another man her husband was fighting with.

Detroit police were called to the 2000 block of Atkinson Sunday night for a non-fatal shooting emergency. According to officers at the scene, two men were engaged in a physical altercation outside.

The wife of one man produced a firearm and fired at least one shot from her home. She was aiming for the man her husband was fighting with but accidentally hit her husband.

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The woman, a 37-year-old female, was taken into custody. Her 39-year-old husband suffered a gunshot wound to the left leg. Medics took him to the hospital. The original target, a 32-year-old male, has unknown injuries, according to police.

According to data provided by the Detroit Police Department, between Jan. 1 and Feb. 4 there were 23 homicides in the city of Detroit and 60 non-fatal shootings. The Detroit Free Press has requested, multiple times, data for Week 6 (Feb. 5 to Feb.11) and have not heard back from DPD yet. We will update this post once we get Week 6 and Week 7, which should be available today.