A 68-year-old woman was rushed to the hospital after she was shot by a stray bullet as she was getting into her car in Chelsea Thursday afternoon, police said.
She was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston for treatment of a “serious chest wound,” Chelsea Police Chief Brian Kyes said in an e-mail to the Globe.
The woman, who is from Chelsea, was in stable condition and is expected to survive, police said.
She was found on Everett Avenue and had just left a local business a short distance away when she was shot, police said in a statement.
Police received a ShotSpotter activation at 1:08 p.m. for five rounds fired in the area of 87 Washington Ave., according to Kyes.
The shooting was the result of an altercation between two or more individuals, police said in a statement.
A male suspect had fled down Sixth Street towards the MBTA station after the shooting, he said.
Kyes said a silver Acura that was “possibly involved” and fled the scene was stopped in Revere and “is in police custody for the appropriate follow-up.”
Kyes said State Police detective unit and Chelsea police detectives are on scene and “the investigation is active and ongoing.”
“All area video being retrieved,” he said. “Neighborhood canvass also being conducted.”
In a separate statement, Suffolk District Attorney Kevin R. Hayden said investigators from his office also responded to the scene.
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