Shots fired in hostage standoff

A 44-year-old Woodbridge man was arrested after police said he held his wife hostage and fired two shots as she fled to safety Sunday.

Torris D. Cowan was charged with two counts of attempted malicious wounding, abduction and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.

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