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 didn’t 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 Avenue close to Harvard Avenue within the South Broadway neighborhood.

The person advised police that he agreed to pay $20 to 2 males who minimize his grass on Thursday. He solely had $10 on the time, so he advised the pair to return on Saturday for the remainder of their fee, based on 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 advised the lads he would not pay them as a result of he’d need to spend cash to repair the door, the report says.

The third man advised the pair to tug 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 remedy, the report says.