Grosse Pointe Woman Sentenced For Non-Fatal Shooting

GROSSE POINTE, MI — A Grosse Pointe psychiatrist was sentenced to prison Thursday for a non-fatal shooting that happened in August 2021, according to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office.

Barika Butler-Quarles, 42, was charged with one count of assault with intent to murder, one count of assault with intent to do great bodily harm, one count of discharge of a firearm in a building causing injury, one count of first-degree home invasion, one count of carrying a concealed weapon, and four counts of felony firearm.

A Wayne County jury in January convicted Butler-Quarles on charges:

• Assault with intent to do great bodily harm
• First-Degree home invasion, discharge of a firearm in a building causing injury
• Three counts of felony firearm

Butler-Quarles was sentenced on Friday to 57 months to 20 years for first-degree home invasion, 36 months to 15 years for discharge of a firearm in a building causing injury, 29 months to 10 years for assault with intent to do great bodily harm and two years to be served consecutive tor two counts of felony firearm, except on the felony firearm count on the first-degree home invasion charge.

Officers found a 41-year-old Texas woman suffering from gunshot wounds outside a home in the 2500 block of Woodward Avenue at 7:55 p.m. on Aug. 4, 2021, police said.

The Texas woman was taken to a nearby hospital where she was treated for her injuries, police said.

At the time of the shooting, the Texas woman was the girlfriend of Butler-Quarles ex-husband, who is no longer associated with him, police said.

Butler-Quarles entered her ex-husband’s home without his permission, "startling" the Texas woman, police said.

Butler-Quarles then pulled out a handgun and shot the woman, police said.

"The bullet entered her left bicep, excited the back of her arm into her left side and exited out of her back," police said.

After firing one shot, Butler-Quarles’ ex-husband was able to wrestle the gun away from her before more shots were fired, police said.