Stranger shoots Richland woman at Renton restaurant

A Richland woman with her child in the car was backing out of a parking spot in Renton when a stranger fired a gun at her six times.

The 22-year-old woman and her 3-year-old daughter were at Jimmy Mac’s Roadhouse restaurant, 225 S.W. Seventh St., at 9:20 p.m. Wednesday when a woman walked up to the car and started firing a pistol.

The mother was hit in the leg and the suspect ran, Sgt. Craig Johnson said. A police dog tracked the suspect and she was arrested without incident. A pistol was allegedly found in her pocket.

Police booked the 33-year-old Des Moines woman into the King County jail on suspicion of first-degree assault. Her name was not released.

She allegedly refused to talk to police, leaving investigators to wonder what prompted the attack. The two women do not appear to know each other, Johnson said.

The Richland woman was treated at Valley Medical Center for a non-life-threatening wound and was in stable condition Thursday.

This story was originally published March 24, 2017 at 1:05 PM with the headline "Stranger shoots Richland woman at Renton restaurant."