Woman arrested after Monroe County shooting

ABERDEEN, Miss. (WTVA) — A woman allegedly shot her boyfriend during a struggle over a gun in Monroe County.

Aberdeen Police Chief Quinell Shumpert said Jakayla Smith and her boyfriend got into an argument early Saturday morning.

Smith went to her boyfriend’s home on Dr. R.E. Woodruff Street.

Shumpert said she banged on the door and scattered his trash around.

The boyfriend confronted her, and she allegedly pointed a gun at him.

The police chief said the pair got into a fight over the gun, which fired, and gunfire struck the boyfriend in the leg.

Police charged Smith with domestic violence aggravated assault.