After being read her rights, Smith stated she had retrieved the pistol from the residence, ran outside and fired approximately six rounds at her husband as he was attempting to leave. She stated that whatever her husband told them was true, but she would not go into further detail. Smith made a spontaneous statement to the deputies that she had hit her husband first and then shot at him "several times" while he was attempting to flee. Garrett and Overton went to that location to try to locate Smith who reportedly met the deputies on the front porch. Deputy Richard Garrett, who had arrived to assist, was reportedly able to locate two spent casings on the ground in the driveway about 10 yards from the front porch.ĭeputy Hunter Grubbs arrived to assist in the investigation and spoke to a witness who stated he saw Smith exit a black vehicle and walk into his niece's residence on Hamilton Dairy Road. The man claimed he heard approximately 10 shots fired at him. As he began pulling away, he said Smith retrieved a gun from the home and began shooting at him. He said at that point Smith began "swinging" at him, but he was able to get away from her and get to his truck in the driveway. At one point, he made Smith sit down on the sofa in an attempt to make her stop hitting him and in the process he slipped and his elbow hit her. He said Smith started "throwing water and soda" all over him and the home. The man said Smith began yelling at him when he came home, and he went inside the residence to get away from her, but she followed him inside where she began hitting and scratching him. A man, 24, at the scene said he had been in an altercation with his wife, identified as Smith.
Smith, who lists no prior felony history, was being held on a zero bond and was set to appear Wednesday in Garland County District Court.Īccording to the probable cause affidavit, around 7 p.m., Garland County sheriff's Deputy Chandler Overton was dispatched to a residence in the 400 block of Pitchercane regarding shots fired. and charged with a felony count of aggravated assault on a family or household member, punishable by up to six years in prison, and a misdemeanor count of third-degree domestic battery, punishable by up to one year in jail. Oceana Janae Smith, 24, who lists a Pitchercane Road address, was taken into custody shortly after 8 p.m. A local woman was arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges Tuesday night after allegedly assaulting her husband and shooting at him several times as he tried to flee the scene.
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