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WEBVTT SCENE. ONLY THE GUN WAS DISCHARGED? BOB: THAT'S RIGHT. THE WOMAN WHO WAS ARRESTED ISN'T EVEN A PARENT, NOT THE MOTHER OF THIS CHILD BUT POLICE SAY SHE PULLED OUT A GUN AT THE WAWA PARKING LOT WHEN THE FATHER'S GIRLFRIEND STARTED FIGHTING WITH THE CHILD'S MOTHER. BRITNEY GUNN WALKED OUT OF JAIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON BUT DID NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT POLICE SAY LANDED HER BEHIND BARS ASK YOU ABOUT THE SHOOTING LAST NIGHT? >> NO. YOU GOT THE WRONG INFORMATION! BOB: GUNN WAS ARRESTED FOR THE GUNFIRE OUTSIDE OF THIS BUSY WAWA ON RALEIGH STREET LAST NIGHT. EVEN THOUGH INVESTIGATORS DO NOT BELIEVE GUNN FIRED ANY SHOTS AND HER CAR IS THE ONE THAT GOT HIT BY A BULLET. >> SHE ESCALATED IT AND HE RETALIATED IN SELF-DEFENSE. BOB: POLICE SAY THIS STORE IS WHERE THE PARENTS OF A YOUNG CHILD DECIDED TO MEET TO HAND OFF THEIR CHILD. THE FATHER BROUGHT HIS GIRLFRIEND, AND THE MOTHER HAD TWO WOMEN INCLUDING GUNN WITH HER. THE PARENTS HAD APPARENTLY HAD ISSUES WITH THE EXCHANGE IN THE PAST AND THIS TIME, ACCORDING TO A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT, THE FATHER TOLD HIS GIRLFRIEND AND THE MOTHER "HE HAD HAD ENOUGH OF THE ARGUING" AND TOLD THEM IF THEY'RE GOING TO FIGHT, JUST FIGHT AND GET IT OVER WITH. POLICE SAY THE WOMEN DID FIGHT. AND DURING THAT, GUNN WENT TO THE CAR AND CAME OUT WITH SOMETHING THE FATHER BELIEVED TO BE A GUN. SO HE ALLEGEDLY STARTED SHOOTING. ONE SHOT HIT THE WOMAN'S CAR. ONCE DEPUTIES ARRIVED TO SORT IT OUT, THEY DECIDED GUNN WAS TO BLAME. AND HER FIRST APPEARANCE TODAY IN FRONT OF A JUDGE, THE PUBLIC DEFENDER ARGUED SHE MAY HAVE GOTTEN THE WEAPON IN SELF-DEFENSE. > I BELIEVE IT'S THE CASE WHERE MISS GUNN WAS BEING ALSO ASSAULTED BY DIFFERENT PERSON IN THE CASE. I BELIEVE THERE WERE SHOTS FIRED. BOB: O.P.D. SAYS WAWA SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOW GUNN DID HAVE A WEAPON. BUT OFFICERS COULD NOT FIND ONE IN HER CAR. SHE ALLEGEDLY TOLD THEM SHE ONLY PULLED OUT A CROWBAR. NOT A FIREAR O.P.D. SAYS TODAY PARENTS CAN MAKE THESE KINDS OF SWAPS AT O.P.D. HEADQUARTERS OR AT SUBSTATIONS IF THAT WILL MAKE THEM FEEL SAFER AND THEY CAN ASK FOR AN OFFICER TO BE ON STANDBY ANYWHERE IN THE CITY. REPORT

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