South Precinct officers Wednesday night responded to a shooting outside a convenience store at 198 Haywood Lane, taking the suspect and admitted drug dealer, Charlene McMutery, 42, into custody.
McMutery told detectives that she met the victim at the gas station to sell him drugs, but after they got into an argument over the transaction, she walked to her SUV to retrieve a pistol. She then walked over to the victim’s car and fired through the windshield, striking him in the right elbow. She was on the scene when officers arrived. They recovered her pistol, 68.5 grams of cocaine, 18.7 grams of marijuana, a glass crack pipe, and digital scales from McMutery’s vehicle.
She is charged with aggravated assault, felony marijuana and cocaine possession, and gun possession during the commission of a felony. McMutery is being held in lieu of $79,000 bond.
The victim sustained non-critical injuries.
