NEW PORT RICHEY — A Florida deputy was shot in his femoral artery in what a sheriff called an "absolute gun battle" with a domestic violence suspect outside his home Saturday.

Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco says deputies were responding to a fight between a husband and wife just after midnight after their adult daughter called 911. She told deputies her father, 62-year-old Terrance Peterson, was angry and shot at her mother's virtual assistant Alexa.

When they arrived, the sheriff said the battered wife ran outside and told deputies her husband had a handgun and a semi-automatic rifle and refused to leave.

As deputies tried the enter the home, the sheriff said Peterson fired multiple rounds, striking several police cruisers as well as multiple nearby homes

"Make no mistake about it, this suspect tried to kill everybody that was outside the house. All those deputies," Sheriff Nocco said.

One deputy went back into the home and was shot in the femoral artery. Fellow deputies quickly applied a tourniquet under a hail of flying bullets and removed the injured deputy from the scene. A second deputy was grazed in the hand.

"This was a battle. This was an absolute gun battle out there," Sheriff Nocco said.

Peterson barricaded himself inside the home for several hours. Deputies eventually threw a gas bomb inside the home and sent a robot in after it. Camera photos revealed a bloody Peterson lying on the floor. The sheriff said it was unclear whether his injury was self-inflicted or from one of the deputies. He was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Bay News 9 reports he's facing at least five counts of attempted homicide.

The unidentified deputy underwent surgery and is expected to recover.