CLEVELAND, Ohio – A Cleveland man is suspected of shooting his live-in girlfriend and her mother during a fight at a home in the city’s Central neighborhood, according to police reports.

The 23-year-old girlfriend suffered gunshot wounds in the arm and her armpit, and a bullet struck her 52-year-old mother in the abdomen late Thursday at a home on Mt. Vernon Avenue near East 37th Street, police reports say.

No arrests have been made in the case. The 25-year-old man identified as suspect in the shooting has not been charged with a crime, according to court records.

The shooting happened just after 9 p.m. as the man and the mother argued over a punishment he gave to his two young children.

The man told the children to stand in a corner because they’d been playing in a toilet, police reports say. The children’s ages were not included in police reports.

The mother argued with the man, and he went to a bedroom to get a gun. He shot at a door, then pointed the gun at the mother’s face, police reports say.

The mother slapped the gun out of the man’s hand and onto the floor. The man and his girlfriend both struggled for the gun, and at least two shots were fired, police reports say.

The mother eventually picked up the gun, but the man took it from her and shot in the abdomen, police reports say.

The man ran from the home and drove away in a brown 2007 Saturn Outlook. The mother walked to a neighbor’s home and asked the neighbor to call 911.

Ambulances took the mother and the girlfriend to MetroHealth for treatment. Both were treated and are expected to recover, police reports say.

Doctors determined the girlfriend had six gunshot wounds in her left arm and armpit, police reports say.

Police notified Cuyahoga County Children and Family Services about the incident.

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