1WASHINGTON, DC – It was early Sunday morning when a 61-year-old woman opened fire during a domestic dispute, leaving a man wounded on a Northwest street.

At around 1:35 a.m., officers were called to the 1600 block of S Street, Northwest, where they found an adult man conscious and breathing with a gunshot wound. DC Fire and EMS quickly transported him to a nearby hospital for treatment of what authorities described as non-life-threatening injuries.

The woman believed to be responsible, identified as Willetta Young-Moore of Northwest, DC, was arrested at the scene without incident. Following an investigation, detectives charged Young-Moore with Assault with a Dangerous Weapon ( Gun ). Officials confirmed the shooting was domestic in nature.

The victim’s identity has not been re

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