Man sentenced for shooting his 13-year-old stepdaughter in Redford Township

Shooting stemmed from assault unrelated to teen

Christopher Delance Harris (Redford Township Police Department)

REDFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A Wayne County man has been sentenced for accidentally shooting his 13-year-old stepdaughter.

It happened Sept. 17 at a Redford Township home just off Eight Mile Road. According to authorities, two adults were fighting when Christopher Delance Harris pulled out a handgun and fired a shot, which struck his 13-year-old stepdaughter in the leg.

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Police said she was not the intended target.

Harris was charged with 12 felonies. He was sentenced in March to six months in jail and two years probation for possession of a firearm and careless discharge of a firearm causing injury.