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Police: Man Shoots Woman During Alleged Knife Attack At An Arlington Gas Station

A trip to the gas station turned violent on Monday, when a knife attack resulted in a shooting, according to Arlington police.

According to a press statement from the Arlington Police Department, officers responded to a shooting complaint at approximately 3:50 a.m. on Monday, February 9, in the 2600 block of East Lamar Boulevard.

When police got on the scene, they discovered a 58-year-old woman on the ground with a gunshot wound to her leg, according to the release. She was rushed to the hospital.

Investigators discovered that the woman entered the gas station with a knife and approached a Jeep parked at one of the pumps, where a man was pumping gas and his wife was inside. According to authorities, the woman then began to hit the Jeep with the knife.

According to the release, the man went to another vehicle parked nearby, and the woman followed him, striking it with a knife.

The man then got a gun and warned the woman, who continued to approach him, according to authorities. Officials reported that the man then shot the victim in the leg.

The man and his wife were uninjured and remained on the scene, the release states. No charges have been filed as a result of the incident.

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