A person was shot at his Cleveland residence Saturday throughout a dispute over a $10 yard work debt, police say. Cleveland.com reported:

A Cleveland man who did not pay $10 for yard work was shot Saturday after two males tried to gather on the debt, police say.

The 38-year-old sufferer suffered a gunshot wound to his hip and a attainable leg fracture within the taking pictures that occurred at his residence on East 71st Road close to Harvard Avenue within the South Broadway neighborhood.

The person informed police that he agreed to pay $20 to 2 males who reduce his grass on Thursday. He solely had $10 on the time, so he informed the pair to return on Saturday for the remainder of their cost, in accordance with a Cleveland police report.

The duo returned to the home round 5:30 p.m. Saturday with a 3rd man. They pounded and pulled on the person’s display door till he got here downstairs and located the door broken, the report says.

He informed the lads he would now not pay them as a result of he’d must spend cash to repair the door, the report says.

The third man informed the pair to drag out their gun, the report says. One of many yard staff flashed a semi-automatic pistol and fired a single spherical because the sufferer tried to shut his door, the report says.

The bullet went by means of the door and hit him within the hip. Paramedics discovered him injured on a staircase and took him to MetroHealth for therapy, the report says.