A woman in Dowagiac was arrested after police say she shot her boyfriend during a domestic dispute.

Officers with the Dowagiac Police Department were called to a home in the 300 block of Pokagon Street around 10:45 a.m. on Wednesday, March 21, after the woman called 911 admitting she fired the gun.

The victim, a 49 year old man from Dowagiac, told police he and his girlfriend had got into an argument and during the argument she got a handgun and shot him twice.

He was taken to Memorial Hospital in South Bend where was treated for non-life threatening injuries to his legs.

The suspect, a 31-year-old Dowagiac resident, was arrested and booked into the Cass County Jail on preliminary charges of assault with intent to commit great bodily harm less than murder.

Anybody with further information is asked to call Dowagiac Police at (269) 782-9743 or the Cass County Tip Line at (800) 462-9328.