Police have charged a Kinston man with attempted first degree murder following a domestic shooting early Monday.

Delonte Shephard, 23, was arrested today by Kinston police and members of the U.S. Marshal Service Fugitive Task Force at a home on Briarfield Road.

The shooting happened around 12:10 a.m. Monday on Fox Run Drive. The woman victim was shot in the chest, but has since been released from the hospital.

Police say this was a domestic violence shooting as the two were well acquainted.

Shephard was charged with two counts of attempted first degree murder, discharging a weapon into an occupied dwelling, discharging a weapon into occupied property causing serious bodily injury and two counts of injury to personal property.