Spokane woman shoots man in parking lot and calls 9-1-1

SPOKANE, Wash. -- A woman was arrested for shooting a man in a parking lot on Thursday, according to Spokane Police Department.

Around 11:45 a.m. on July 18, SPD responded to a reported physical fight and shooting in a parking lot. The location of the parking lot was not provided by police.

Police learned the fight was between a man and a woman and that the woman took a gun from a nearby car and shot the man before leaving the scene.

When officers arrived, they found a man with a gunshot wound. He was treated by medics at the scene and taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

SPD began searching for the suspect and car described by different 9-1-1 calls.

Officers were able to find one of the 9-1-1 callers and determined she was somehow involved in the shooting.

After investigating, SPD arrested the caller, 26-year-old Alexis V.J. Way for first-degree domestic violence assault.

Way was booked into Spokane County Jail.

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