An arrest has been made in an early Sunday shooting in Cherokee County, Ala.

According to Cherokee County Sheriff Jeff Shaver:

Deputies responded to a reported shooting at a residence on Alabama Highway 278 East and learned the victim had been taken by personal vehicle to the Piedmont Police Department. From there, she was taken by ambulance to Gadsden Regional Hospital, where she had emergency surgery for a gullet wound in the lower leg.

After conducting interviews at the scene, Investigator Seth Rochester arrested Tracey Brent Shell, 38. He was charged with felony domestic violence and remains in the Cherokee County Detention Center.

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