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POLK COUNTY, Texas (KETK) — A domestic dispute between a Polk County married couple on Sunday leaves husband dead from gunshot wounds and wife physically assaulted, police said.

Around 8 p.m. Sunday night, Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a domestic dispute at a Southland Plantation subdivision residence and found a woman who was allegedly physically assaulted and a man with multiple upper body gunshot wounds, according to a Polk County Sheriff’s Office Facebook post.

Emergency Medical Services provided aid to both parties with the woman being transported to a local hospital where she was later released, however, the male was pronounced deceased at the scene, PCSO said. Officials began a comprehensive investigation and determined the dispute escalated from a verbal confrontation to a physical altercation.

“During the incident, the female party reportedly obtained a small-caliber firearm and discharged multiple rounds, fatally wounding the male subject, who was pronounced deceased at the scene,” PCSO officials said.

PCSO detectives, Texas Rangers and the Polk County District Attorney’s Office are currently collaborating for further investigation and Justice of the Peace Precinct 1 ordered and autopsy to be performed by the Jefferson County Medical Examiner’s Office, officials said.