Natalia Contreras/Caller-Times Police are investigating a shooting in the 2900 block of Dante Drive. The owner of the home was taken to a hospital after the cousin of his ex-wife shot him in the thigh.

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By Natalia Contreras of the Caller-Times

A man shot in the thigh was taken to the hospital Saturday after an argument with his ex-wife outside his home.

About 10:30 p.m. Corpus Christi police responded to the shooting in the 2900 block of Dante Drive. When they arrived they found a man in the front yard of his home, who had been shot by another man, Lt. Nicholas Kless said.

Kless said the man's ex-wife showed up at his home and they had an argument in the front yard. The man then choked his ex-wife and the woman's cousin then pulled a gun and shot the man in the thigh.

Kless did not know why the woman was there or what the argument was about. He did not have immediate information about their ages.

The woman is being questioned and her cousin was arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, Kless said.

The ex-husband was taken to Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial and is expected to survive. Once he is released he faces aggravated assault charges for choking the woman, Kless said.

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