A South Carolina man has been arrested on charges of assisted suicide and fraud in the shooting of lawyer Alex Murdaugh earlier this month, authorities said Tuesday.

4 shooting, which Murdaugh survived, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division said in a statement.

The state law enforcement division has said that Murdaugh suffered a "superficial" gunshot wound to the head.

Smith was charged with assisted suicide, assault and battery of a high aggravated nature, pointing and presenting a firearm, insurance fraud, and conspiracy to commit insurance fraud, the law enforcement division, SLED, said Tuesday night.

4 shooting, Murdaugh said in a statement that he was resigned from his job at a law firm to enter rehab