Sheriff's deputies have arrested a man accused of shooting his girlfriend five times during a domestic dispute in Laurel County.

The Laurel County Sheriff's Office charged Michael Johnson, 48, with attempted murder and wanton endangerment.

Deputies said they were called early Wednesday morning to a home off Lon Chadwell Road for a report of a woman with gunshot wounds.

WKYT obtained the 10 minute 911 call and in it, the man admits to shooting his wife:

Dispatcher: “Where is she shot at?”

Caller: “In the abdomen…abdomen."

Dispatcher: “Who shot her?”

Caller: “I did.”

When deputies arrived, they found the suspect and the victim in a bedroom.

Dispatchers were told by both the suspect and the victim that the shooting was just an accident and that it happened when Johnson was cleaning his gun.

The victim told deputies the two were arguing earlier in the day and that Johnson backed her into the corner of the bedroom and shot her. Deputies said she and a five-year-old child were asleep in the room before the argument started.

“Even if he was just in the house, to be woken up by those shots, seeing his mom shot," said neighbor Rick Felts.

Neighbors say Johnson and his girlfriend had been together about a dozen years. They say their child is now in the custody of his grandparents.

A medical helicopter transported the victim to the University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital for the treatment of her injuries.