Michigan Man Throws ‘Loaded’ Shoe at Cockroach, Accidentally Shoots Himself

Cockroaches locked in a container at a laboratory at the center of research on infectious diseases of the University Hospital Institute (IHU) Mediterranean Infection in Marseille, France, on March 29, 2018. Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images

A Michigan man throwing a shoe containing a loaded gun at a cockroach accidentally shot himself in the foot.

Police said the 50-year-old Detroit man lobbed his shoe at the insect in a bid to kill it, WDIV ClickOnDetroit reported, but he ended up wounded instead.