{"id":334707,"date":"2026-05-27T18:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T18:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/334707\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T18:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T18:14:10","slug":"oakland-county-man-accused-of-shooting-wife-in-the-face-during-argument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/334707\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland County man accused of shooting wife in the face during argument"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grandchildren were reportedly in the home at the time<\/p>\n

David Lee Montgomery (WDIV)<\/p>\n

Michigan\u2019s Domestic Violence Hotline is free, anonymous and available 24\/7 by calling 866-864-2338 or texting 877-861-0222.<\/p>\n

PONTIAC, Mich. \u2013 A 70-year-old Pontiac man is facing attempted murder charges after reportedly shooting his wife in the face.<\/p>\n

David Lee Montgomery has been charged with assault with intent to murder and felony firearm in connection with the Saturday, May 23, shooting. He was denied bond.<\/p>\n

Authorities said it happened during an argument. The bullet missed her carotid artery and struck her in the jaw. She is expected to recover.<\/p>\n

The couple\u2019s grandchildren were reportedly in the home at the time of the shooting.<\/p>\n

Copyright 2026 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit – All rights reserved.<\/p>\n

About the AuthorDane Kelly headshotDane Kelly<\/a><\/p>\n

Dane Kelly is an Oreo enthusiast and producer who has spent the last seven years covering Michigan news and stories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Grandchildren were reportedly in the home at the time David Lee Montgomery (WDIV) Michigan\u2019s Domestic Violence Hotline is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,904,145,144,3131],"class_list":["post-334707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-county","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-pontiac"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}