Marquise Woolbright already had an outstanding warrant for domestic violence.

Marion County sheriff's deputies have arrested a man suspected of firing several shots at a 23-year-old woman Monday night.

Marquise Woolbright, 24, faces new charges of aggravated assault with a firearm, witness tampering and possession of marijuana less than 20 grams.

Deputies said Woolbright and the woman had been together on and off for the last several months. He invited her to his room at the Queens Gardens Resort, formally the Vacation Host Inn, at 3330 S. Pine Ave. The woman told deputies that when she arrived another woman was in the room with Woolbright.

They had an altercation and before she left the motel, she said she scratched the other woman's vehicle. She said Woolbright followed her in another vehicle and fired several shots at hers. Deputies said the rounds struck the back windshield and the right rear tire.

Woolbright turned around and drove back to the motel. Two witnesses told sheriff's deputies they heard gunshots and saw both Woolbright and the victim's vehicle. One of the witness told deputies that he followed both vehicles to the motel.

At the motel, the woman told deputies, she parked behind Woolbright's vehicle, which prevented him from leaving. Sheriff’s deputies were called. When they arrived, the victim told them what happened.

Deputies went to Woolbright's home. When he came outside, deputies detected a strong odor of marijuana coming from the room and contacted the Unified Drug Enforcement Strike Team. Woolbright gave drug agents permission to search the room. They recovered a small amount of marijuana, a rolled marijuana cigar and a glass jar that contained several plastic bags with marijuana seeds. They also found a zip top baggie that contained a pink substance.

Woolbright told the agents that the marijuana cigar and small amount of marijuana were his, but the glass jar did not belong to him.

Woolbright, who already had an outstanding warrant for domestic battery by strangulation involving the victim, was arrested and taken to the Marion County Jail.

Contact Austin L. Miller at 867-4118, austin.miller@starbanner.com or @almillerosb.