A 17-year-old suspect is behind bars in the Center Point shooting that left a woman wounded after she confronted a group of teens arguing in an apartment complex parking lot.

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of Decarlos Lamar Thirkield. He is 17 and charged as an adult with attempted murder.

The shooting happened about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at Magnolia Trace apartments in the 300 block of 20th Avenue N.W. Chief Deputy Randy Christian said it was reported that a woman had been shot and the suspect had fled the scene in a black car.

Deputies arrived to find a 35-year-old woman suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the hip or abdomen area. An ambulance crew was at the apartment complex returning a dialysis patient and immediately began treating the victim, Christian said.

She was taken to an area hospital where she was treated and released.

Undercover sheriff’s units were in the area working a holiday crime suppression detail. A deputy on the detail saw the shooter and a second teen come out of the woods and get into a car. He followed in his unmarked unit until marked units could make a traffic stop. The occupants were detained and questioned.

One of the occupants of the vehicle – Thirkield - was identified as the shooter, Christian said. The investigation determined the victim confronted teens that were arguing in the parking lot when one of the teens pulled a gun, shot the victim and fled on foot.

The other juveniles were released once it was determined Thirkield was the shooter, Christian said.

The teen remained in the Jefferson County Jail Wednesday with bond set at $35,000.