A ‘beef’ among three young female shoppers at a Pa. Walmart escalated into a hair-pulling fight that ended with some 12 shots being fired after one of the women pulled a gun from her purse.
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Now the alleged shooter, who eluded police in western Pa., has turned herself in and is charged with attempted homicide, KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh reports.
But police say it was the 25-year-old woman who got shot, along with her cousin, who started the whole thing, KDKA reports.
Rojanai Alston, 22, is accused of firing shots inside a Walmart in North Versailles, Allegheny County, Pa., around 9:30 p.m. Friday. She turned herself into authorities Saturday night, KDKA reports.
But it is the 25-year-old shooting victim who told police she had been in the store with her cousin and got wrapped up in her cousin’s “beef” with Alston, KDKA writes, citing the criminal complaint.
Police tell KDKA a store video shows the shooting victim and her cousin walking up behind Alston and “jumping” her.
The video shows Alston having her hair pulled by the victim and the other woman in the electronics section of the store. During the fight, an unknown man who was with Alston tries to break it up, to no avial.
That’s when Alston reaches into her purse and pulls out a gun. The eventual shooting victim and her cousin run away in different directions.
Alston fires at least four shots at the fleeing cousin before shooting at the victim, hitting her in the leg and hand.
The victim, who was not named in the story, was listed in critical condition at UPMC Mercy Hospital at last report.
Alston and the unknown man fled the store in a light-colored Lincoln MKZ SUV.
But police had the plate and followed the registration to Alston, who wasn’t home but eventually turned herself in.
Alston has two guns legally registered to her, as well as, a valid concealed carry permit, cops told KDKA.
She faces charges of attempted criminal homicide and aggravated assault.
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