No bail for woman charged with Parkway Gardens shooting caught on Facebook video

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Labritney Austin | Chicago Police

A 29-year-old woman was ordered held without bail Friday after she was charged with shooting another woman in the arm Tuesday afternoon in the Parkway Gardens neighborhood on the South Side.

The two women were in an argument at 2:57 p.m. Tuesday in a vehicle in the 6400 block of South Calumet Avenue, according to Chicago Police.

During the argument, Labritney Austin fired a shot, striking the other woman, 27, in the arm, police said. The 27-year-old was taken to Stroger Hospital, where her condition stabilized.

Police described the shooting as a domestic-related incident, and said it was caught on video and shared on Facebook.

Austin, of University Park, turned herself in to Wentworth District officers about 4:45 p.m. Wednesday, police said. She was charged with one felony count of aggravated battery involving the discharge of a firearm.

Austin was next schedule to appear in court Tuesday.

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