The man, who lives in a neighboring apartment, woke at about 3 a.m. Sunday when he heard a loud bang, so he hit the floor, he said, assuming it was a gunshot.
Junior defensive back Derrick Hunter, 21, and a 23-year-old male resident of the apartment are under investigation after Ypsilanti police say a gun went off Sunday in their Washtenaw Avenue apartment, where police also found drugs. Police are seeking charges against them.
The man who found the bullet requested anonymity, saying he fears for his safety.
"I got up to check my body to see if I had been shot, to tell the truth," he said this afternoon.
The man didn't find any damage to his apartment so he went back to sleep.
When he was cleaning his apartment Sunday night, he found a bullet hole in the wall about 2 feet from where his feet had been when he was sleeping, he said.
The bullet traveled through the wall, a shoe box and a clothing bag, landing in a dirty shirt on the floor, he said.
"When I picked the shirt up, that's when the bullet fell out," he said. The man called police after finding the bullet about 8:45 p.m.
Investigators found narcotics and other items in “plain view,” a police incident log said.
As officers waited to obtain a search warrant, Hunter returned home, telling them that “a female that he met at a party was playing with a firearm,” according to the log.
Hunter said she “caused it to fire a single round into the bed and through the wall,” the log said.
The neighbor said he's not happy with that explanation.
"I can't accept that," he said. "If you're a gun owner, you have to take responsibility."
Lee Higgins covers police and courts for AnnArbor.com. You can reach him by phone at (734) 623-2527 or email at leehiggins@annarbor.com.
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