Woman shot in arm with BB gun at Bentleyville truck stop
A New Jersey woman remains in Washington County Jail after being charged Tuesday with shooting another woman in the arm with a BB gun inside a tractor-trailer at a Bentleyville truck stop.
Bentleyville police said Shalaia Martin, 29, of Irvington, and Tyiayya Kirce were at the Pilot Travel Center, 205 Wilson Road, about 3:30 p.m. in a blue Werner tractor-trailer. Kirce said Martin picked up the gun and loaded it. Martin then pointed it at Kirce while she was on a bed inside the cab and fired one shot, striking Kirce in her forearm.
Police executed a search warrant on the truck. A BB gun and a spent carbon dioxide cartridge were recovered.
Kirce was transported by ambulance to Mon Valley Hospital, where she was treated and released.
Police charged Martin with one count each of aggravated assault, simple assault and reckless endangerment. She was arraigned before District Judge Traci McDonald and placed in jail on $250,000 bond. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for July 31 before District Judge Curtis Thompson.
The travel center is located off Interstate 70 at the Bentleyville exit.