ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Police say a woman is recovering at a local hospital after her husband kidnapped and shot her then led them on a chase through several counties.

Deputies say it all began in Hernando County Tuesday when Rudolph Moats abducted his estranged wife, Donna.

Witnesses say he forced her into a car at gunpoint.

Soon after, the woman's daughter says she got a call from her mother saying she had been shot and was in need of help.

But when police got to the area in Brooksville they could not find the couple.

Investigators believe the suspect took Donna Moates across the state and at some point she was shot.

They say he dropped her off at Flagler Hospital in St. Augustine then got on I-95 and drove South.

St. Johns County Deputies say they clocked him going speeds of up to 90 mph.  Moates eventually crossed into Flagler County where deputies there began their chase.

"We spotted the vehicle on I-95 and we tried to stop the vehicle and the vehicle failed to stop, he got off here at the 289 exit which is Palm Coast Parkway here in Palm Coast, the vehicle headed eastbound on Palm Coast Parkway, came up here to Palm Harbor Parkway where as you can see he wrecked," said Flagler County Deputy Kevin Byrne.

Deputies say the suspect got out and ran but didn't make it far.  They searched his car and found a shotgun.

Moates was taken to the hospital then off to jail all while his wife was undergoing surgery at the hospital.