UPDATE 12/26/19 @ 5:10 p.m.

Neighbors on the 800 block of Hudson Street in St. Albans had their quiet Sunday afternoon interrupted by gunfire.

Police said Lonnie Smith fired a handgun through a glass table that was less than a foot away from his wife. Smith told police he did it because she would not listen to him and he wanted to get her attention.

"It's irritating," neighbor Robert Young said. "I would like to go beat his butt right now, man. Too many people are pulling guns when they don't need to. My dad taught me that if you have two fists, use them. It's safer. Besides, who wants to go to jail."

Police told neighbors to stay back and go into their own homes as officers surrounded the Smith house with refles drawn. Smith eventually exited the house and surrendered to police, according to a criminal complaint.

Young has lived on the street for nine years and said his neighbors are normally peaceful.

"I don't like it," Young said. "If I knew what was going on, I would have been the first one to call the police. It's called being a nice neighbor."

"When things like this are happening," Young continued. "This is what the police force get paid for. Dial 911, that's our tax dollars."

Smith has been charged with felony wanton endangerment and is being held at the South Central Regional Jail with a $5,000 cash only bond.

ORIGINAL STORY

A St. Albans man was arrested and charged with wanton endangerment Sunday afternoon.

According to the criminal complaint, Lonnie Smith, 55, of St. Albans, allegedly fired a handgun at his wife, who was on her phone.

The complaint says Smith told law enforcement officials he fired the gun at a glass table because his wife 'wouldn't listen to him'. Smith allegedly 'wanted to get her attention'.

Smith's wife told police that he had allegedly put the handgun to his head after firing it at the glass table one foot away from where she was sitting.

Lonnie Smith is being held at South Central Regional Jail with a $5,000 cash only bond.