{"id":6249,"date":"2025-10-16T08:42:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T08:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/6249\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T08:42:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T08:42:07","slug":"florida-man-shoots-woman-gets-beaten-by-her-husband-following-invite-to-play-cards-affidavit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/6249\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man shoots woman, gets beaten by her husband following invite to play cards: Affidavit"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brief<\/p>\n

Michael Phillips, 76, is under investigation after allegedly injuring a woman in a shooting incident following an invitation to play cards.<\/p>\n

The woman\u2019s husband tackled the man, leading to a scuffle that resulted in injuries to Phillips, according to detectives.<\/p>\n

Phillips is charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.<\/p>\n

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – A Lake County man is facing charges after deputies said he shot a woman after getting into a fight following an invitation to come over to her house and play card games.<\/p>\n

According to an affidavit, the woman\u2019s husband tackled the suspect, identified as 76-year-old Michael Phillips, to the ground and beat him.<\/p>\n

What we know<\/p>\n

Deputies responded to the scene just after 7 p.m. following reports of a disturbance at a home on Sand Road in unincorporated Lake County.<\/p>\n

Both the woman and Phillips were transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center \u2014 the woman for a gun-related injury to her forearm, and Phillips for facial trauma believed to have occurred during a fight with the woman\u2019s husband.<\/p>\n

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According to the official affidavit, Phillips arrived at the home claiming the woman had invited him over for a card game. Witnesses confirmed he was allowed to enter the carport area before the altercation began.<\/p>\n

According to an arrest report, Phillips turned to the woman, called her \u00a0the “c-word” and then pulled a gun out of his pocket and shot her in the arm.<\/p>\n

\"<div>Michael<\/p>\n

Michael Phillips is charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.<\/p>\n

The witnesses then called the woman’s husband, who came out to the carport and tackled Phillips to the ground and beat him, according to the arrest report.<\/p>\n

What we don’t know<\/p>\n

It remains unclear what Phillips\u2019 motive was for allegedly attacking the woman. When asked why he pulled out a gun and shot her, he reportedly told detectives that, “he had questions and believed that was the only way he would get answers.”<\/p>\n

The backstory<\/p>\n

Based on statements from the victim and witnesses, Phillips had a prior acquaintance with those at the residence and was invited to play cards.<\/p>\n

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However, the tone of the evening shifted dramatically and Phillips allegedly insulted her with profanities before producing a gun from his pocket and shooting her in her forearm.<\/p>\n

The gun was later collected as evidence.<\/p>\n

What’s next<\/p>\n

Phillips is charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. The State Attorney\u2019s Office is reviewing the case.<\/p>\n

The Source<\/p>\n

This story was written based on information shared by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Michael Phillips, 76, is under investigation after allegedly injuring a woman in a shooting incident following…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6250,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[6867,6868,28,30,29,3324,6866],"class_list":{"0":"post-6249","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-aggravated-battery","9":"tag-deadly-weapon","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-florida-headlines","12":"tag-florida-news","13":"tag-husband","14":"tag-michael-phillips"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}