CLEVELAND, Ga. — Cory Andrew Echols, 27 of Cleveland was arrested Monday after he admitted shooting his girlfriend Karalee Anne Fox several times at close range with an airsoft gun following a domestic argument.

White County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a welfare check at 536 Partin Road after Fox’s son reported that his mother had been shot several times with a BB gun by her boyfriend.

According to the arrest report, Fox told deputies she had been working and got home early. She stated her boyfriend was drunk and they got into an argument. He became angry and shot her in the arm and lower back, leaving visible marks.

The deputies took pictures of her injuries, arrested Echols and transported him to White County Detention Center where he is charged with battery, family violence.

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