Several rifles and knifes were seized from a home north of Vian after a call was made to the Sequoyah County Sheriff’s office to help with a suspected domestic fight that allegedly broke out and involved gun shots.

At 2 p.m. Feb. 21, Sequoyah County Deputy Dennis Thomas reported that he was dispatched to a residence in the Jimmy Roger’s Addition north of Vian for a domestic dispute with weapons. The deputy was informed that shots had been fired during the dispute.

John Dority, 29, of Vian and Christopher Gallegos, 29, also of Vian, were arrested and taken to the Sequoyah County Jail on assault and battery charges and Dority was also booked for allegedly shooting with intent to kill.

According to the report Dority told Thomas that he and his wife, Debbie Dority, got into an argument. Dority said his wife stabbed him in the neck with a screwdriver and that her brother, Gallegos, hit him with a bat.

Thomas reported that he was told by Dority’s wife that Dority was having a nicotine fit, got mad, tore up the house and got in to a fight with her brother. She said Gallegos had a bat and hit Dority on the head with it.

In the report Thomas states that Dority’s wife explained to him that Gallegos left the residence and went to a neighbor’s house to call for help and while he was gone she heard a gun shot.

Dority told Thomas that he tripped while he was walking down the road and the rifle he was carrying went off. The report also states that Gallegos said that Dority had shot at him with the rifle as he was leaving to call for help.

Thomas located three rifles, a large knife, a small pocket knife, and .22 shells, and Sequoyah County Deputy Monty Davis retrieved a sword Gallegos had in his possession.

Dority and Gallegos were released on bond Monday and their arraignment is set for March 4 in Sequoyah County District Court, Sallisaw.