DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. (WXYZ) — A landlord shot his tenant in the leg on Friday morning in Dearborn Heights, police said.
It happened around 10 a.m. on Arnold Street near Ann Arbor Trail.
According to police, there was an argument between the landlord, the tenant and the tenant’s two sons. The landlord grabbed a gun from his vehicle, there was a “wrestling match” and the landlord accidentally fired his gun, police said.
The tenant was shot in the leg.
“It shocked me, it shocked the whole neighborhood," said Rashed Mawri of Dearborn Heights. "I mean it’s a really quiet neighborhood.”
Mawri lives next door to where the shooting happened.
His home surveillance camera captured the shooting.
“I honestly couldn’t believe it," said Mawri.
The landlord called 911 and was arrested. He is expected to be arraigned on Saturday.
The tenant is in stable condition, police said.
Mawri knows both the landlord and the tenant.
“Both the tenant and the landlord, they are extremely amazing people. Really good people, never had any issues with them whatsoever," Mawri added.
Additional details about the incident were not immediately released.
