A 22-year-old Penn Hills woman who opened fire with a 9 mm handgun inside the North Versailles Walmart was the victim of a targeted assault seconds before she drew her weapon. Allegheny County police Detective Patrick Kinavey testified about the circumstances while presenting Walmart surveillance camera video during the preliminary hearing for defendant Rojaanai Alston on Thursday.Deputy District Attorney Ilan Zur withdrew a charge of attempted homicide before the hearing but Alston was held for trial on a charge of aggravated assault."She didn't pick this location, she didn't pick this place and she didn't pick the fight, and she did nothing wrong," said Ken Haber, her defense attorney.The video shows two women attacking Alston from behind, starting with punching her in the head."She was cold-cocked in the head, not once, not twice, but at least three times, and then they attempted to drag her to the ground. And if she didn't have a firearm on her to disperse her two assailants, I don't know if my client would even be alive right now," Haber said.Alston initially fired five shots. But seconds later, when the woman who threw the first punch comes back in Alston's direction, Alston fired two more times, shooting the woman in a finger and an upper thigh."Self defense is a situation where you're in danger of death or serious bodily injury, and she clearly was at one point. But after she pulled that gun out and they ran away, that danger is now over," said Zur, who said that at that point, Altson committed aggravated assault."We're not unsympathetic to Miss Alston's situation. She did not ask for this. She was targeted. And when she shot those first five shots, she was acting in self defense. But after that, when both of the attackers dispersed and were running away, it was no longer in that realm and she was now tracking them," Zur said.Alston was held for court on the charge of aggravated assault. District Judge Roxanne Sakoian Eichler expressed sympathy for Alston's situation but said it would be for a Common Pleas Court trial to determine whether her actions were in self-defense.