ST. ALBANS, W.Va. (WCHS/WVAH) — A man has been charged after court records said he shot a handgun toward his wife who was on her phone to get her attention.

Lonnie Wain Smith is charged with wanton endangerment involving a firearm.

According to a criminal complaint from Kanawha County Magistrate Court, Smith had pulled a gun out and “shot up the living room.”

When police arrived, the man's wife had fled on foot, but Smith was still inside the home.

When taken into custody, Smith confessed.

The woman said that after shooting a glass table a foot away from her Smith then pointed the gun at his head.

Lonnie Smith is being held at South Central Regional Jail with a $5,000 cash bond.