Woman charged after man shot outside Irish pub in US in row over $20

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Another two bullets were lodged in the wall at the National Tax Service near the pub
A woman has been charged with attempted murder after a man was shot outside an Irish pub in South Carolina.
Officers with the Seneca Police Department rushed to the scene of the incident at Mullin's Irish Pub on June 6 in response to reports of a fight possibly involving a firearm.
There, they found the a victim with a gunshot wound to the leg. He was taken to the hospital while officers discovered a parked vehicle nearby that had been shot three times through the windscreen and once in the radiator.
A total of seven shell casings and two unspent 9mm rounds were found in the rear car park while another two bullets were lodged in the wall at the National Tax Service near the pub.
Carissa Strickland
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It has been reported that the incident was sparked by the victim getting into an argument with two people over $20 they claimed he had stolen.
According to the man who was shot, he jumped over a fence to try and get away from them before he was hit in the leg.
A friend helped him into a vehicle to take him to the hospital, according to an incident report.
Officers later located a grey Dodge Charger belonging to Carissa Strickland (24), who had been identified as a suspect, on June 9.
They followed Strickland to her residence on Thomas Heights Circle where a search of the vehicle found a gun and six grams of a green leafy substance similar to marijuana, police said.
Strickland was arrested and is facing a series of charges including attempted murder, discharge of a firearm inside the city and two counts of discharging firearms into a dwelling.
She has also been charged with possession of a weapon during a violent crime and malicious injury to personal property
Strickland has been taken to the Oconee County Detention Center, according to officers.