Witnesses told Montclair police the couple were driving away from the Willowbrook Mall around 6:30 p.m. Sunday when the car abruptly stopped and the driver stumbled into the road and collapsed.
Forty-nine-year-old Frank Marino of Newark was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson with a puncture wound to the chest. He was listed in critical condition.
His wife, 41-year-old Jacqueline Smith-Marino, was arrested. She's being held on aggravated assault, weapons and drug possession charges. Bail was set at $25,000.
Authorities did not know if she had retained a lawyer.