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Man arrested for shooting step-son during altercation

Posted at 12:28 PM, Feb 16, 2018
and last updated 2018-02-16 12:28:14-05

LEE COUNTY, Fla. -- A family fight in a Lehigh Acres home Thursday ended with one person injured by gunfire and another under arrest.

38-year-old Jonathan Soto-Santiago is facing a charge of  Aggravated Assault and was booked into the Lee County Jail.

According to the Lee County Sheriff's Office, deputies were called to the 100 block of McArthur Avenue around 11:15pm Thursday, where they learned Soto-Santiago had gotten into a verbal altercation with his step-son, 17-year-old Andres Acevedo.

During the altercation, deputies say Soto-Santiago fired his weapon at Acevedo, wounding his arm.  Acevedo fled the scene and called his cousin to pick him up.