It’s complicated.
According to the Detroit News, [State Senator] Smith called what he did “the most stupid thing in his life.” He told investigators his ex-wife began pounding on his door at 1 a.m. Sunday, and when he opened it while naked, she rushed past and attempted to attack a girlfriend in Smith’s bed.
After some wrestling that resulted in a TV falling over, Smith forced his ex-wife from the home and grabbed a rifle that he fired multiple times into his ex-wife’s Mercedez Benz, according to the Detroit News.