Video: Woman Arrested in Connection with Monday Shooting Awaits Formal Charges

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LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) — A Brooksville woman is out of the hospital and in jail awaiting formal charges in connection with a Monday shooting that left her and a Noxubee County sheriff’s deputy injured.

53-year-old Elizabeth Guyton was released late Thursday from University Medical Center in Jackson, and brought to the Lowndes County Jail.

Guyton faces charges of aggravated assault and aggravated assault on a police officer.

Guyton was shot in the leg and torso Monday afternoon after she allegedly shot at Noxubee County deputies with a 22-caliber rifle.

The deputy received minor injuries and one of his partners returned fire, wounding Guyton.

The incident began Sunday when Guyton allegedly shot at a neighbor who was trying to retrieve some stray cows.

The standoff began when deputies went to Guyton’s house Monday to try to serve a warrant and talk to her.

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