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Police: Angry wife shoots husband in knee over affair

ROCKLEDGE, Fla. (AP) — Police in Florida say a woman angered over her husband having an affair shot him in the knee, with the bullet lodging further up his body.

Florida Today reports (http://on.flatoday.com/1oqaNDq ) that 60-year-old Victoria Reid was arrested earlier this week on charges including aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and domestic violence.

According to a report by the Brevard County Sheriff's Office, Reid confronted her husband about the affair and threatened to maim and kill him.

Police say Reid then shot her husband, who wasn't identified, in the knee, but the bullet ended up lodging in his testicles.

The newspaper did not know the man's current condition.

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