HOUSTON – A woman was taken into custody after police said an argument with her boyfriend ended with him in the hospital with a gunshot wound.
The incident happened around 6:50 p.m. Thursday on Elmside Drive at Westheimer Road in west Houston, according to police.
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Police said Aymara Fernandez-Fajardo and her boyfriend, Jose Gonzalez, got into an argument at the location on Elmside. During the argument, Gonzalez took Fernandez-Fajardo’s cellphone and went to his vehicle, authorities said.
Fernandez-Fajardo followed Gonzalez and tried to get her phone back, but police said Gonzalez threw it into the street.
At that point, Fernandez-Fajardo reached into Gonzalez’s vehicle and took his phone, which caused a struggle between the two, authorities said. While they were struggling, Fernandez-Fajardo managed to get ahold of Gonzalez’s gun, which was on his waistband, according to police.
Officials said Fernandez-Fajardo pulled the trigger and shot Gonzalez in the lower abdomen. He was transported to a hospital to be treated for the injury.
Fernandez-Fajardo was taken into custody and charged with aggravated assault of a family member.