(Michigan City, IN) - Charges are filed in connection with a shooting in Michigan City.

 

Kizzy Harper, 48, is charged with Level 3 felony aggravated battery and Level 5 felony battery in La Porte Superior Court 1.

 

According to court documents, the shooting happened on March 9 at the BP gas station on Franklin St. on the city’s north side.

 

Police said it appears a number of people who don’t like each other were in the parking lot about 3:30 a.m. when a man in a vehicle was punched in the face through an open window then stepped out to fire two warning shots.

 

Apparently, a fight was about to occur when the man punched and still holding a gun was shot by Harper, who resides in Elkhart, police said.

 

Police said the victim’s gunshot wound did not appear life threatening.

 

According to police, it appears the suspect and several others had just been involved in a possible fight at a restaurant and bar on Franklin St. just a few blocks south from where the shooting took place.