A Maryville man was charged after deputies say he lied to them about a shooting.

It happened on Thursday, Blount County Sheriff James Lee Berrong says they responded to a home on Tomotley Road where they found Kassie Hill, 34 inside the home with a gunshot wound to her stomach.

Lester Matthew Carver, 32, told deputies that a man wearing black clothing and a black cap came inside the home and shot Hill then ran through a field behind the home.

Hill was taken by Rural/Metro Ambulance Service to University of Tennessee Medical Center where she is receiving treatment to her injury, which does not appear to be life-threatening.

After conducting an investigation at the scene and interviewing Carver and Hill, investigators determined that Carver lied about the home invasion. He admitted to investigators that his gun accidentally discharged while he and Hill were in close contact, and Hill’s statement concurred with Carver’s story.