The Brownwood Police Department issued the following press release Thursday afternoon:

Officers were dispatched Thursday to a reported weapons offense at a convenience store located in the 1500 block of Coggin Avenue.  A caller advised that a firearm had been discharged and that the parties involved had left the scene.

Upon arrival and initial investigation, officers learned that a male subject had arrived at the location with his girlfriend in a vehicle.  Shortly thereafter, the male’s wife arrived and became upset upon discovering him with another woman.  The wife began physically assaulting the girlfriend, who was seated in the passenger seat of the vehicle.

During the altercation, the girlfriend produced a firearm and attempted to strike the wife with it. In the process, the firearm discharged, resulting in the girlfriend sustaining a gunshot wound to the foot. The male subject subsequently fled the scene with the injured female and transported her to a local hospital. He then left the hospital and was later located by officers at another convenience store in south Brownwood.

Based on statements obtained from witnesses at the scene, officers determined that the male’s wife, 41-year-old Rosa Rinehart of Brownwood, was the primary aggressor. She was taken into custody and charged with Assault Causing Bodily Injury – Family Member.

The injured female sustained non-life-threatening injuries.