Lehigh Acres man survives shooting; wife arrested

Brooke Baitinger | The News-Press

A man was injured after being shot twice in the shoulder Tuesday evening in Lehigh Acres.

Lee County sheriff's deputies arrived at the home in the 4200 block of East 23rd Street shortly after 7 p.m. to find Alexander Kaye, 45, sitting in a pool of blood on the kitchen floor, according to the arrest report. He was holding his right arm and yelled "That (expletive deleted) shot at me twice!"

Kaye said his wife, Peggy Parnell, 45, was in their master bedroom and that he didn't know where the gun was.

Kaye was taken via Med-flight to Lee Memorial Hospital, according to the report.

Deputies got a warrant to search the home and found two spent shell casings in the master bedroom, a black Springfield .45-caliber gun in a kitchen cabinet and other guns and ammunition throughout the residence, the report says.

There was a trail of blood by the garage door and on the front of the silver Chrysler sedan parked in the driveway. The blood trailed through the house to the master bedroom, the report says. Two spent shell casings were found in the master bedroom.

Parnell gave deputies a statement, and they arrested her and charged her with aggravated battery using a deadly weapon.