A St. Joseph woman is facing several charges after allegedly firing a gun in a duplex in Country Club Village with children inside.

31-year-old Tiffany Diaz was charged Thursday in Andrew County with a felony for unlawful use of a weapon, a misdemeanor for third degree domestic assault and a misdemeanor for second degree endangering the welfare of a child.

According to court documents deputies responded Thursday to the 3200 block of Squire Lane in Country Club Village in reference to a neighbor overhearing a woman and a man arguing about a gun.

“She heard a pop noise which sounded like a gun shot from the house where the argument was coming from,” Deputy Daniel Glidden said in court documents.

Glidden said he interviewed the man at the residence who said that he and his girlfriend got into a fight and she became physical so he tried to restrain her arms, at which point he said she pulled a gun and they fought over it.

“He told her that she was going to jail and she then pointed the gun at the ground and fired off a round,” Glidden said.

Glidden said Diaz’s 7-year-old son was allegedly just a few feet away during the incident.

He said after the Missouri State Highway Patrol located Diaz at her parent’s home in St. Joseph she came voluntarily for questioning.

“The residence where the shot was fired from is a duplex that is adjoined by another family with 2 adults and 2 small children who could have been killed or seriously injured by Diaz firing the gun,” Glidden said. “Diaz said later that she was not even for sure where she fired the shot.”

Diaz is being held on $20,000 bond.