By Twincitieslocalnews staff
Published: August 7, 2026 9:25pm

A Minneapolis man was charged Friday after he shot his wife and threatened to kill her during a divorce.
On Sunday, Minneapolis police responded to a shooting around 8:50 p.m. near 13th Avenue South and Lake Street. The woman told officers her husband shot her while she was in her vehicle.
Police identified the husband as 60-year-old Antone Owens and was charged with second-degree of intentional murder and second-degree assault. He was also charged for illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition after a violent-crime conviction
The woman told police Owens walked up to her car, pulled out a gun and fired twice, hitting her in the wrist. She then drove herself to a nearby hospital, according to the criminal complaint.
In a later statement, the woman told police she had told Owens three weeks earlier that she planned to divorce him. Court records show divorce paperwork was filed on July 27.
Two days before the shooting Owens threatened to kill her.
Owens was arrested on Wednesday after police searched his home and found a handgun hidden beneath an HVAC floor vent, with many live rounds.
The criminal complaint said Owens has prior convictions in 2014 and 2024, that bar him from having a firearm. Owens made his first court appearance Friday afternoon.