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A woman was arrested after she fatally shot a man during a domestic fight in Cherokee County early Tuesday, an undersheriff said.

Keia Beaver, 28, was arrested on a complaint of first-degree manslaughter in the shooting of Jeremy Faglie, 33, in a rural area near the community of Peggs about 15 miles north of Tahlequah, Undersheriff Jason Chennault said.

Chennault said the two reportedly were engaged in a verbal and physical fight beginning about 5:30 or 5:45 a.m. at the residence they share. Authorities were not sure if the two were married.

During the fight, Beaver reportedly attempted to leave the residence and Faglie tried to prevent her from doing so by taking her keys and cellphone, Chennault said.

Faglie reportedly got a handgun from his vehicle and Beaver grabbed a rifle.

Beaver told officers she fired one shot “hoping to scare him” but struck him in the stomach, Chennault said.

She then drove him to a Tahlequah hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Chennault said.

The Sheriff’s Office was notified of the shooting about 6:30 a.m. from the hospital, the undersheriff said.