Aiken Department of Public Safety officers obtained arrest warrants Tuesday for an Aiken man following a domestic incident, which ended with him getting shot in the leg by his wife.
Officers responded to Taylor Street around 5:30 a.m. after a 49-year-old Aiken woman called claiming her 50-year-old husband assaulted her while their 12-year-old daughter was present, a report provided by the Aiken Department of Public Safety said.
According to the report, the suspect had a gunshot wound to his leg and he claimed his wife had shot him.
Officers spoke with the victim who claimed the suspect hit her in the face before putting both hands around her neck and choking her in their bedroom, the report said.
The victim told officers she pulled her .22 caliber pistol out and shot the suspect out of fear for her life, according to the report.
Investigators reported finding the firearm on top of the refrigerator.
The suspect told police his wife "came after him" during an argument over money and he pushed her against the wall to get her off him, according to the report.
He claimed she went to their bedroom, came out with the firearm and shot him, the report said.
The couple's daughter told police she had witnessed her father choke her mother and saw her mother shoot her father, according to the report.
Officers reported obtaining arrest warrants against the suspect for first-degree domestic violence and unlawful conduct toward a child.
The victim will not be charged for shooting the suspect at this time, because she was acting in self-defense, the report said.
No arrest has been made as of yet, according to the Aiken County detention center.
Tripp Girardeau is the crime and courts reporter with the Aiken Standard.