A Parkersburg man is behind bars for allegedly shooting his wife with crossbow.

33-year-old Phillip Wise was arrested after police responded to a home on Pike Street in Parkersburg in reference to a woman accidentally shooting herself in the foot.

After speaking to the victim, 28-year-old Megan Wise, Phillip's wife, they uncovered a different story.

She claims her husband, 33-year-old Phillip Wise, shaved her head, shot the back of her legs and her back with a crossbow and shot her with in the foot with a pistol.

She was taken to Camden Clark to be treated for non-life threatening injuries.

Officers say when they approached him, he fled. He was ultimately captured in the woods behind his Pike Street home.

He was also taken to Camden Clark for medical clearance and has since been charged with Malicious Assault.

He was arraigned in Wood County Magistrate Court and failed to post his $300,000 bond. He is in the North Central Regional Jail.

Police say the investigation is ongoing and more charges are possible.