Police: Woman, 40, charged in shooting of ex-girlfriend inside bathroom of Philadelphia bar
PHILADELPHIA - A woman accused of shooting her former girlfriend in the bathroom of a Philadelphia bar has been taken into custody and charged, according to police.
Officers from the Philadelphia Police Department were called to Jimmy's Lounge on the 4700 block of Rising Sun Avenue around 9 p.m. for reports of a shooting inside the bar.
Witnesses told responding officers that they heard gunshots shortly after two women entered the bar's bathroom, and one woman exited the bathroom and left the bar.
Chief Inspector Scott Small told reporters that the shooting victim was driven to Temple University Hospital with three gunshot wounds and immediately taken to surgery.
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Bar patrons provided police a description of the alleged shooter which helped officers find the 39-year-old suspect about two blocks away. Small said she had a gun on her at the time of her arrest.
The shooting victim was brought to the hospital in critical condition, but Small said she is expected to survive.
On Thursday, the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office announced the arrest of and charges against 40-year-old Felicia Haynes for the shooting.
Authorities say the victim was Haynes' former girlfriend.
Haynes has been charged with aggravated assault, possession of an instrument of crime, simple assault, and recklessly endangering another person.