A woman was hospitalized after another woman -- who prosecutors said she had a previous relationship with -- shot her inside the restroom of a North Philadelphia bar, police said.
The incident occurred inside Jimmy's Lounge on Rising Sun Avenue and West Loudon Street in the Feltonville neighborhood shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday, investigators said.
Witnesses told police a group of people -- including a 35-year-old woman and a 39-year-old woman later identified by the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office as Felicia Haynes -- got into a fight outside the bar.
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Haynes then entered the bar alone and went into a restroom, the DA's office said Thursday. The 35-year-old woman and several others then followed her inside and into the bathroom where another fight broke out.
Customers and employees inside the bar then heard at least one gunshot, police said. The 35-year-old woman, who investigators said was suffering from gunshot wounds to the arm and hip, and Haynes then exited the restroom and left, according to investigators.
The 35-year-old woman was taken to the hospital where she was listed in critical condition. She underwent surgery and was expected to survive, Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said.
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Small told NBC10 responding police officers found Haynes about two blocks away from the bar at her home near Mascher and Loudon streets. "Police recovered a Glock 19 9mm handgun that had been legally purchased by Haynes, who is licensed," the DA's office said in its news release.
Haynes was taken into custody and was cooperating with authorities, according to Small.
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Investigators interviewed several customers and employees who were inside the bar at the time of the shooting, police said. They hoped to interview the victim when she recovered from her injuries.
Police analyzed surveillance video from inside the bar as the investigation continued overnight.
Haynes was charged with aggravated assault, possession of an instrument of crime, simple assault and reckless endangerment. Online court records show she was arraigned Wednesday and held on $250,000 bail. No attorney was named who could comment on her behalf.
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