EL MIRAGE, AZ — El Mirage police say a woman is in critical condition and another is in custody after a shooting Friday morning.
At about 5:30 a.m., officers found a woman who had been shot in the chest near a trailer park on Greenway Road and Grand Avenue.
They immediately provided first aid to the victim. She was taken to a hospital in serious, but stable condition.
Early in the investigation, police obtained surveillance video showing a woman waving a handgun at the victim, several blocks away from where the victim was found.
As police secured the scene an officer noticed the woman that was seen in the surveillance video preparing to leave the area in a vehicle. She was stopped and taken into custody.
During the investigation, detectives learned the woman, identified as Kiana Viola, and another male arrived at a Circle K store on Grand Avenue just after 5 a.m.
While inside, an employee, later identified as the victim, observed Viola shoplift several items, police said. She then followed Viola out of the store and continued following her on foot to the trailer park where she was shot.
Police say they obtained a search warrant for Viola and found a semi-automatic handgun.
She has been booked into the Maricopa County Jail on several charges, including attempted second-degree murder and aggravated assault with a firearm.
The investigation remains ongoing.
