CLEVELAND, Ohio — A 19-year-old woman was shot in the leg while riding in a car in downtown Cleveland.

The shooting happened about 2 a.m. on New Year’s Eve on St. Clair Avenue near West 9th Street, according to police.

The woman and two friends left East End restaurant and were driving home when a car pulled up next to them, according to police.

The women told police that the car had “three men dressed as women” inside, according to police reports. The women said they didn’t talk to the occupants of the other car but laughed at things they said, according to police reports.

The women said they heard two gunshots, but did not see where they came from. They told police they suspected someone in the car next to them fired the shot, police reports say.

One of the bullets ripped through the passenger side door and the woman’s right thigh and lodged into her left calf, according to police.

The driver took the woman to MetroHealth where she was treated.

No arrests have been made in the case.

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