Woman shot outside Texas Roadhouse in Collier Township, another woman in custody

COLLIER TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A woman was shot outside of a Texas Roadhouse in Collier Township.

PHOTOS: Woman shot outside Texas Roadhouse in Collier Township, another woman in custody

Allegheny County dispatchers say police and medics were called to the restaurant on Washington Pike at 3:50 p.m. on Friday.

Officials say the woman was shot by another woman who has been taken into custody.

Restaurant employees say the business was not impacted and confirmed that the incident happened in the parking lot, not inside the building.

The victim was taken to a hospital.

According to court documents, August Poole, 22, admitted to shooting another woman in the thigh after an argument over a cell phone video.

Poole told police as the other woman was pulling out mace, she thought it was a deadly weapon and fired her gun.

Police also say Poole declined to provide a written statement telling them it was “all on video.”

“We pulled up and there were four or five police cars on scene,” said Carmela Weaver of Kennedy Township.

The gunfire erupted as many people were making their way inside the restaurant to eat.

“There was a lot of blood and when we got here there were two sandals, like flip flops,” said Rich Mitoch, a Texas Roadhouse patron. “I asked the policeman if I could go inside, he says, ‘Yeah.’”

Weaver is thankful no one else was hurt. She said she and her family were on their way to Texas Roadhouse for dinner and got there just after the shooting happened.

Poole is being charged with aggravated assault.

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