10-07-2025
Woman arrested in connection with shots fired at car in Abbotsford after high-risk stop
ABBOTSFORD − Police arrested a woman during the early morning hours of July 6 after a report July 5 of someone shooting at a vehicle.
At 2:35 p.m. July 5, a caller reported an incident that had happened several hours earlier. The person said a woman shot a firearm at a vehicle, according to a news release from the Colby-Abbotsford Police Department. No one was injured in the shooting, which happened on Seventh Street in the city of Abbotsford.
The incident started with an initial conflict at a tavern in Colby concerning previous relationships. The suspect left the tavern and went to a home on Seventh Street in Abbotsford, according to the news release. The victim, along with other occupants of a vehicle, drove to the residence to try to confront the suspect.
Occupants of the house warned the people in the car to leave because the suspect was upset and had a gun, according to the news release. The suspect then came out of the home with the gun. The vehicle left and the suspect shot at it in the street as they were leaving, according to the news release.
The Colby-Abbotsford Police Department collected evidence at the scene and used the Flock license plate readers to track the suspect's vehicle. At 1:55 a.m. July 6, the department received notification of the location of the suspect's vehicle. Detectives found the vehicle and attempted to stop it, but the suspect did not immediately stop, according to the news release.
Colby-Abbotsford police conducted a high-risk traffic stop and were able to arrest the suspect without incident, according to the news release. After questioning her at the police department, officers took the woman to the Marathon County Jail.
The woman is expected to make her initial appearance July 11.
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This article originally appeared on Marshfield News-Herald: One arrested after shots fired at car in Abbotsford July 5
