Deputies have charged Jerome Davis, 44, with the shootings

HOPE MILLS — Two people were shot and taken to the hospital Monday after what the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office described as a domestic disturbance on Muscat Road in Hope Mills.

Carlos Gillis and his sister, Shasta Gillis, both of the 6500 block of Muscat Road, suffered gunshot wounds to their legs from a shotgun, the Sheriff's Office posted on its Facebook page.

Deputies charged Jerome Davis, 44, of the 6000 block of Maybank Drive in Hope Mills, with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury and possession of a firearm by a felon, the Sheriff's Office said.

Authorities said Davis was convicted of voluntary manslaughter Aug. 9, 2002.

Davis was identified as Shasta Gillis' boyfriend, according the Sheriff's Office Facebook post.

At about 10:30 p.m., deputies responded to the domestic disturbance call that reported shots fired, the Facebook post said. Once they arrived, deputies found the two victims with gunshot wounds.

The Gillises were taken to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center for treatment. Shasta Gillis had a more severe wound to her leg, the Sheriff's Office said, and later was transported to UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill.

Early Wednesday afternoon, UNC Hospitals did not have a patient listed under her name, the nursing supervisor said.

Davis, the Sheriff's Office said, was booked into the Cumberland County Detention Center. His bail was set at $65,000.

Staff writer Michael Futch can be reached at mfutch@fayobserver.com or 910-486-3529.