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Woman arrested, charged after shooting man outside of Waco bar, police say

Police say the shooting took place in the 700 block of Austin Avenue around 1 a.m. on Sunday.

WACO, Texas — A woman was arrested and is being charged after an early morning incident on Sunday in Waco, according to police.

Just after 1 a.m. officers were notified of a shooting in the 700 block of Austin Avenue and found a 34-year-old man had been shot in his lower intestine area. The man was given medical treatment and taken to a hospital. Police say the man's condition is stable and he is expected to recover.

The suspect, Vanessa Lee, 33, was still at the scene of the shooting, and was arrested by police after being named by multiple witnesses as the person behind the shooting, which happened after an altercation outside Austin's on the Avenue.

According to Waco PD, Lee has been charged with Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon.

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