Authorities have decided the woman who shot her husband, who is a Mobile County sheriff's deputy, this week will not be charged with a crime.

The shooting happened Monday night at their home on Southwest Boulevard in Chickasaw. Capt. Tommy McDuffie of the Chickasaw Police Department said the couple was having a domestic dispute when he tried to block her in with his patrol car. They then struggled, at which point she shot him in the leg.

The deputy was off duty at the time. He was treated at a local hospital.

The Chickasaw Police Department ran the investigation. McDuffie said it was determined the shooting was accidental.

The Chickasaw Police Department issued the following statement on Thursday:

"On May 16, 2016 at approximately 7:53 pm, Chickasaw police responded to a call of shots fired in the 300 block of Southwest Blvd. After extensive interviews with the couple and neighbors and based on evidence collected at the scene, the case was presented to the Mobile County District Attorney's Office and Chickasaw's prosecuting attorney. Based on the evidence presented, there doesn't appear to be any type of criminal intent involved in this case and this appears to be an unfortunate accident. There is no history of police calls to this residence for any type of domestic issues."

A spokeswoman for the Mobile County Sheriff's Office said they are conducting an internal investigation of the deputy's conduct but not of the shooting itself because that's being handled by Chickasaw police.

"The internal investigation will review his conduct as it relates to our rules and regulations," spokeswoman Lori Myles said in a statement.