According to information in court documents, a man arrested near downtown St. Joseph Friday is wanted in Texas for shooting his wife.

Justlet Joseph, 29 of Amarillo, Texas was arrested Friday in the 1200 block of Powell St. on an out of state warrant. According to court documents, Joseph’s wife was shot on Oct. 31 with a handgun.

“Justlet Joseph shot 4 times with a 9MM handgun and struck striking the victim in the back leaving her with serious physical injuries,” said Det. A. King with the St. Joseph Police Department.

“Detectives with the SJPD Street Crimes Unit, FBI, ATF, and Buchanan County Sheriff’s Department, including myself Detective King located a possible address for Justlet Joseph,” said. Det. King. “We had been contacted by detectives from Amarillo, Texas in reference to Joseph shooting his wife.”

Friday, law enforcement officials responded to the 1200 block of Powell St. and shutdown the road for nearly two hours. Lt. Shawn Collie with the Buchanan County Sheriff’s Department told us Joseph came out of the residence without incident shortly after SRT called for him to come out.

Collie said Joseph will be extradited back to Texas.

“Justlet has been arrested for robbery, kidnapping, and assault in the past,” Det. King said.

Joseph is scheduled for an arraignment Tuesday in Buchanan County on a charge as a fugitive from out of state.