A man wanted for shooting his girlfriend and leaving her at southeast Wichita resident is arrested in New Mexico.

Police search for suspect in south Wichita shooting

The Portales, New Mexico Police Department confirmed Eli Mendoza has been arrested and booked into the Roosevelt County jail.

Wichita police say Mendoza got into a fight with his girlfriend while they were driving on Aug. 9. When the woman got out of the car to leave, he shot her twice in the face and left her near the intersection of West Mt. Vernon and South Main Street.

Mendoza then left the scene of the crime.

The woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries.