Active search for man accused of shooting teenage girl

WASHINGTON, Pa. — Washington police are searching for a man accused of attempted homicide of a 15-year-old girl.

Jamil Carr, 18, of Washington is facing charges of attempted homicide and aggravated assault.

He is accused of shooting the teenage girl twice in a parking lot last Friday afternoon and leaving her for dead.

Police said the two were arguing and surrounded by friends when he pulled out his gun and shot her.

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Neighbors on Fayette Street said the parking lot where this happened is prone to violence.

One woman said her window was shot in last week's shooting, right beside where she sits.

"I came home, discovered my window shot out and everything," Lisa Harris said. "It just seems to be an ongoing problem in the West End."

Harris told Channel 11 the bullet went through the room and lodged in her staircase banister.

"I'm not too happy about it -- it went through both panes of glass," Harris said. "I'm glad to hear she's OK and hopefully the guy they think did the shooting, maybe they can get him some help so he doesn't continue to run around and do such things."

The victim was taken to the hospital, treated and released.

Cox Media Group