CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A 37-year-old man shot his girlfriend multiple times Sunday morning after an argument that started over a cellphone, police said.

The woman, also 37, was rushed to an area hospital and the boyfriend was arrested after he ran from the scene.

The shooting occurred sometime after 10 a.m. inside a house on Ridgeton Drive in Cleveland's Lee-Miles neighborhood.

The couple started arguing over a cellphone, and the woman eventually told the man she wanted to leave him. The man then shot her in the chest and the abdomen.

Several residents on Ridgeton Drive said they heard at least four gunshots, then saw the man run from the house clutching a pistol.

Officers arrested the man on Johnston Parkway near Seville Road, about a mile from the house, police said.

He did not have a gun with him. Investigators, including a police K9, searched the neighborhood, including the parking lot of Family Dollar on Miles Avenue, for the weapon for more than two hours. They had not found a gun as of 1 p.m. Sunday.

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