Southfield, Michigan



From the November 20, 2003, Detroit Free Press:

Yarnell Hamilton was at home with his 24-year-old live-in girlfriend at about 8:30 p.m. Sunday when her 25-year-old ex-boyfriend from Detroit came over to collect a debt from her, police said.



Chatter quickly turned to gunfire.



Hamilton, who lives in the Garden View Apartments at 16200 W. 9 Mile, was enraged when he saw the other man, police said. He demanded to know who the man was and pulled out a .22-caliber handgun and pointed it at his girlfriend.



The ex-boyfriend, who had a concealed weapons permit and an even bigger handgun, a .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol, tried to leave the apartment. But Hamilton turned his gun on the ex-boyfriend and fired, police said.



The ex-boyfriend pulled out his gun and shot back.



"The ex-boyfriend is almost a poster child for the NRA," said Detective John Harris of the Southfield Police Department, explaining that he had used the gun in self-defense. "The present boyfriend seems to be somewhat jealous and needs a little anger management."