Girl shot inside Redford home; witness says children ran from house screaming

A shooting unfolded in Redford Township Tuesday night, according to a witness, who heard a shot and saw children running from a house.

At 7 p.m. a witness was driving by a house in the 20400 block of Lexington, when she heard a gunshot, there south of Eight Mile and north of Norfolk Road. Police said Wednesday that a man and woman were arguing inside the home when shots were fired and a girl was hit in the leg. She is expected to survive.

The man involved in the fight was arrested.

She told FOX 2 that she called 911 and then saw between four and five children run from the house screaming. Witnesses say a person was taken into custody, while the victim was rushed off to a nearby hospital.

"We heard (and) we saw a lot of commotion," said one person who lives in the area. "It was a car full of people over there, and then we drove in our driveway, and then I called the police, and all from there police came, and the guy started running, and the police were running, and they got him."

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