Southgate man shoots neighbor, stabs his own dog to death over noise dispute
SOUTHGATE, Mich. (FOX 2) - An ongoing neighbor dispute in Southgate led to a man shooting his neighbor and stabbing his own dog to death late Wednesday, police said.
"It started off over loud music. One neighbor didn't like the music from across the street," said Joe Marsh, the director of Southgate Public Safety. "It goes from zero to 100 real quick."
Police were called to Kerr near Northland and Fort around 10 p.m. Wednesday on reports of a shooting. When they arrived, they found a man in his 20s suffering three gunshot wounds. He is currently listed as stable at a hospital. Police said the suspect also stabbed his own dog to death. It was initially believed that the suspect stabbed the victim's dog.
That suspect, a man in his 60s, barricaded himself in his home across the street from the victim's house, and a standoff ensued for hours.
"At one point he had come out and was taunting the cops. He had a pistol in his hand but the slide was racked back," Marsh said.
Early Thursday, authorities finally got the man to surrender and took him into custody without further incident.
According to police, the suspect was drunk during the unprovoked shooting that seemed to be the result of an ongoing dispute between the pair. The victim was inside his own home when he was shot.
In addition to shooting his neighbor, police said the suspect pulled a gun on his wife earlier Wednesday.
"Allegedly he pulled a firearm out on her, and then she fled the home and then went to the city of Dearborn where another FA, felonious assault, had occurred," Marsh said.