(Michigan City, IN) - A Michigan City man is accused of shooting a woman this week. 39 year old Jesse McNeeley is charged with domestic battery with a deadly weapon.
Police said a woman was found shot Monday night along Indiana 212 on the city’s far east side. She had other injuries stemming from an altercation and was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries. According to police, the shooting happened at a residence close to where she was found.
According to court documents, McNeely and the woman have been seeing each other for a long time and have children together. He was accusing her of cheating and allegedly struck her numerous times at his apartment before shooting her in the upper right shoulder.
McNeeley was being held on $15,000 cash bond. He’s scheduled for an initial hearing before La Porte Superior Court 1 Judge Michael Bergerson next Tuesday. If convicted, McNeeley would face anywhere from a one to six year sentence on the level 5 felony charge.
