A Detroit homeowner shot and killed an intruder and accidentally shot his wife this morning, according to police.

The 64-year-old resident of the 22000 block of Barbara, near West Outer Drive and Schoolcraft, heard two men who broke into his home at about 5 a.m., Detroit Police Sgt. Eren Stephens said.

He began firing shots at the suspects, killing one and wounding his 63-year-old wife.

The second suspect crashed through the front picture window of the home and fled.

But police were able to follow a trail of blood from the scene and arrested the second suspect in the 14400 block of Burgess, a street nearby.

The man's wife is in temporary-serious condition this morning, Stephens said. No further information was being released about the two suspects.

Hours after the shooting, stunned neighbors watched police go in and out of the front door of the small brick bungalow on the corner of Lamphere and Barbara.

Among them, Lennette Lowman, who was asleep in her home across the street when her dog’s barking woke her up.

“I heard a crash,” said Lowman. “That’s probably when they jumped through the window.”

Lowman described the couple as giving, loving people.

Sandy Haney, who also lives across the street on Lamphere, has known the family since 1972.

“They’d do anything for me,” said Haney. “They’ve helped me out with problems I’ve had.”

Haney said other than a squatter being shot and killed last year in the house next to her, the area is relatively quiet.

“It’s not like it was in ’72, but I have neighbors that look out for me,” said Haney.

It was shortly after 9 a.m. when police removed the dead intruder’s body from the home — as Earl Cox, who lives down the street, looked on.

“He had no right to break in on them,” said Cox. “I don’t want to see no one get killed, but I guess that’s maybe what we’re going to have to do. It’s bad to say, but you got to protect yourself.”

“This is the surprise they got when they got here, doing something they had no business doing,” said Lowman.