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A woman was wounded and her husband has been charged after an incident in Madeira.Hamilton County dispatchers said the shooting happened at a home in the 5700 block of Windridge Drive.Watch this storyOfficers said the woman and her husband got into a domestic dispute about 3 p.m. Tuesday.Investigators said Blake Seylhouwer fired a shot from a rifle at his wife.Seylhouwer dialed 911 and hysterically told the dispatcher what happened.“I shot my wife accidentally,” he said.The round hit the concrete driveway near the victim as she was walking away from her husband, officers said.The victim received wounds to her leg, chest, neck and head from concrete shrapnel and bullet fragments. She was taken to UC Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.Officers said Seylhouwer was charged with domestic violence and felonious assault.“I was shocked, that's the only way to say it. I think you would never expect that in this neighborhood. I have lived here for 23 years and I've never had any instances like that ever in my life. It was unbelievable,” neighbor Rob Misleh said.The couple has lived in the house for about two years with their two young daughters.“I think that’s terrible that someone got shot, like no one should ever get shot whether it be on purpose or an accident,” neighbor Jack Bell said.This past April WLWT interviewed the suspect about his property fight to keep his children enrolled in Madeira schools after he was told they'd have to go to Cincinnati Public Schools.WLWT is not releasing the identity of the suspect’s wife since she is a domestic violence victim.Seylhouwer was arraigned Wednesday morning and ordered held on $500,000 bond.