A 24-year-old Prosser man was arrested Monday after allegedly pointing a loaded sawed-off shotgun at his wife during an early-morning argument.

The 19-year-old woman told Benton County sheriff's deputies that she began arguing with her husband, Kyle Ross Heintz around 2 a.m. Monday, and he slapped her several times and spit on her, court documents said.

Heintz reportedly was extremely intoxicated and threatened to cut her throat and stomach, documents said.

Sometime during the argument, which lasted until he left home about 5:30 a.m., Heintz allegedly grabbed a shotgun, pumped it and pointed it at her, documents said. The victim reportedly told deputies she didn't know if her husband would pull the trigger.

Heintz sat down on a chair and kept the loaded gun pointed at her until he left, documents said.

When deputies searched the home, they seized three guns, including the shotgun with a sawed-off barrel. The shotgun had one round in the chamber and the safety was off, said Deputy Joe Lusignan.

Heintz was reached by phone and turned himself in later in the day, Lusignan said.