A 21-year-old woman has been arrested and faces attempted murder charges after a shooting in Back of the Yards.
According to Chicago police, Angeles Flores was arrested at a Near West Side hospital shortly after the shooting, which occurred Friday night in the 1900 block of West 51st Street.
During the incident, a verbal altercation broke out between two parties at approximately 10:22 p.m. inside of the store. It is alleged that Flores pulled out a weapon during the confrontation and began firing shots, striking at least three people.
Police then allege that a man that was with her took the weapon and continued firing, striking another individual.
Finally, one of the victims returned fire, striking Flores in the heel and thigh, police said.
A 48-year-old man was shot in the abdomen, and was listed in critical condition at an area hospital, police said. A 22-year-old man was shot in the chest and was also listed in critical condition.
A 61-year-old woman suffered a graze wound to her elbow in the shooting, and a 46-year-old man was shot in the left hand, according to authorities.
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Flores was taken to an area hospital, where she was taken into custody shortly after the shooting. She faces charges on three counts of attempted first-degree murder, and one count of aggravated discharge of a weapon in an occupied building, police said.
There was no further information available.
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