The preliminary hearing has been continued for the Ashland man charged with shooting his wife in Port Carbon.

Court records show Curtis Branch, 38, has a hearing at 1 p.m. July 20 in Magisterial District Judge David Plachko’s courtroom.

He is charged with attempted first- and third-degree murder, aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, harassment, possessing instruments of crime and possession of a firearm prohibited. He is in Schuylkill County Prison without bail.

Police say Branch shot Cynthia Salvador-Branch while she sat in her vehicle. She had been fighting with him before being shot and driving to the borough police station at 301 First St. Schuylkill EMS transported her where she taken to Geisinger Hospital-Danville with life-threatening injuries.

Police found Branch walking on Coal Street in the borough. He was known to police because of his previous interactions with them. A Taurus 9 mm handgun registered to the victim was found after a search of the home. A spent shell casing from a 9 mm gun was found where the vehicle was found, police said. Branch is prohibited from possessing a firearm, having been convicted of a felony sale of a controlled substance in New York.