A Rogers Park girl is dealing with felony prices in reference to a capturing that wounded one other girl exterior a South Loop restaurant earlier this week.
Shaquita Brown, 39, is charged with aggravated battery by discharging a firearm, Chicago police mentioned. She is scheduled to seem in court docket for a detention listening to on Friday afternoon, when further particulars in regards to the allegations are anticipated to be launched.
The capturing occurred round 1:25 p.m. Tuesday exterior a Wingstop restaurant at 500 West Roosevelt Highway. Officers within the space heard gunfire and rapidly discovered the injured girl.
The sufferer, believed to be between 20 and 25 years previous, had been concerned in a verbal altercation with one other girl exterior the enterprise when the confrontation turned violent. The opposite girl, allegedly Brown, pulled out a gun and opened hearth, placing the sufferer in the precise knee and proper calf.
Responding officers utilized a tourniquet to scale back blood loss earlier than paramedics transported the lady to Stroger Hospital, the place she was listed in honest situation.
Witnesses advised police the shooter fled in a black Toyota SUV, which was final seen probably driving north on Canal Road after the assault.
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