Female victim hurt in shooting on Cushing Street in South Bend

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — South Bend Police say a woman was shot in the chest at a home in the 600 block of Cushing Street late Monday night.

The call came in just after 11:30 p.m.

A 24-year-old woman was shot in the upper chest. The first officers on scene treated the victim until medics arrived.

She was taken to the hospital and is stable.

A 19-year-old woman suffered an injury to her ankle. She was not shot.

Police said there was an argument with an unknown person before shots were fired in the home.

The incident remains under investigation. If you have any information in this case, please contact the South Bend Police Department at 235-9201 or Crime Stoppers at 288-STOP.