A 27-year-old Brunswick, Ga., man has been charged with attempted murder after police called to what was initially dispatched as a suicide attempt found a 21-year-old woman with a gunshot wound to her head.

Just before 11:30 p.m Thursday police were sent to the 2300 block of Gordon Street and found Amy Dean of Brunswick in critical condition with a single gunshot wound. She was taken to Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah with life-threatening injuries, according to Brunswick police.

Dean's boyfriend, Antoine Bernard Ladson, was charged with criminal attempt to commit murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during a crime and possession of marijuana.

Anyone with more information about the case can contact detective Carla Futch at (912) 279-2641 or Silent Witness at (912) 267-5516.

Dana Treen: (904) 359-4091