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| Woman pulls out gun in Walmart during row over last notebook | Woman pulls out gun in Walmart during row over last notebook |
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| A woman is facing criminal charges after pulling a gun on two other women in a row over a school notebook. | A woman is facing criminal charges after pulling a gun on two other women in a row over a school notebook. |
| The argument, captured on video filmed by a bystander, broke out between two pairs of women over the last notebook at a 'Back to School' sale at the Walmart in Novi, a city near Detroit, in Michigan. | |
| The fight between the women – two aged 46 and 32 and a mother and daughter aged 51 and 20 – reportedly began when the 20-year-old reached for the last notebook on the shelf at the same time as one of the other two women. | The fight between the women – two aged 46 and 32 and a mother and daughter aged 51 and 20 – reportedly began when the 20-year-old reached for the last notebook on the shelf at the same time as one of the other two women. |
| The argument then escalated as the first two women started pulling the younger girl’s hair. Her mother then pulled out a gun to protect her daughter, local police said. | The argument then escalated as the first two women started pulling the younger girl’s hair. Her mother then pulled out a gun to protect her daughter, local police said. |
| Local police officer Detective Scott Baetens told Fox News Detroit: "One girl was going to buy a notebook. There was one left, some pushing resulted. | Local police officer Detective Scott Baetens told Fox News Detroit: "One girl was going to buy a notebook. There was one left, some pushing resulted. |
| "They began to argue who was the rightful purchaser of that notebook. | "They began to argue who was the rightful purchaser of that notebook. |
| "She pulled out her firearm and tells them to stop attacking her daughter while pointing the gun at them." | "She pulled out her firearm and tells them to stop attacking her daughter while pointing the gun at them." |
| Other customers then began to flee and police were called. | Other customers then began to flee and police were called. |
| Police are now appealing for witnesses to the “senseless act of violence” and all four women are facing charge. | Police are now appealing for witnesses to the “senseless act of violence” and all four women are facing charge. |
| Prosecutors are still trying to determine whether the woman who pulled the gun, who is a licensed gun owner, was truly acting in self defence to determine what charges to press. | Prosecutors are still trying to determine whether the woman who pulled the gun, who is a licensed gun owner, was truly acting in self defence to determine what charges to press. |
| Det Baetens said: “A simple assault could be just a local ordinance, a 90-day misdemeanor. | Det Baetens said: “A simple assault could be just a local ordinance, a 90-day misdemeanor. |
| “All the way up to felonious assault with a firearm, which is a felony.” | “All the way up to felonious assault with a firearm, which is a felony.” |
| He said the gun was loaded but that there was no round in the chamber and no one was hurt. | He said the gun was loaded but that there was no round in the chamber and no one was hurt. |
| It is unclear who got the notebook. | It is unclear who got the notebook. |