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A truck with a smashed out window sits in the driveway of 21 Cross St. in Rehoboth Thursday after police said Deborah Armstrong shot at two other women with a shotgun. Neither of the woman were injured and Armstrong was attested for assault to murder. (Photo courtesy of Rehoboth Police)

TAUNTON— A Rehoboth woman is being held after she was charged with trying to shoot her wife and another woman with a 12-gauge shotgun.

The Taunton Gazette reported that Deborah Armstrong, 53, is being held pending a dangerousness hearing Wednesday,following her arraignment in Taunton District Court Friday afternoon.

In court filings, Rehoboth police alleged that they received a 911 call at about 3 p.m. reporting gunfire at Armstrong's residence at 21 Cross St. The female caller, identified as Armstrong's wife, told police that she and another woman ran from the residence after Armstrong shot at them with a shotgun. At that time, they believed one of the women was wounded in the shooting. It was discovered later that the woman had not been hit by pellets from the shotgun.

Officers took Armstrong into custody and found two firearms in the house. A .22 cal. rifle was found in an upstairs room, and a 12--gauge shotgun leaning against a cabinet in the kitchen and a .22 cal. handgun near a truck in the driveway. The shotgun had a shell chambered when officers arrived.

Police told the court that Armstrong admitted to them that she fired at the woman because she was jealous. She said her wife was divorcing her.

Armstrong faces two counts of armed assault with the intent to murder, two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, three counts of illegal possession of a firearm, and a single count of illegal possession of ammunition.