Woman charged with six criminal charges in Buffalo shooting

A young woman has been charged with six counts in connection with a shooting Saturday afternoon in Buffalo, Acting Erie County Prosecutor Michael J. Keane announced.

Cecelia Medina, 18, listed as having no permanent address, is charged with two counts of attempted first-degree assault and single counts of attempted second-degree murder, possession second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, first-degree reckless endangerment and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

Buffalo City Court Judge Phillip Dabney Jr. ordered him held without bail. She is expected to return Friday for a criminal hearing.

Prosecutors said Medina was a suspect in an incident around 3:20 p.m. Saturday in which numerous shots were fired from an illegal handgun at a vehicle with passengers inside in the 1600 block of Bailey Avenue , near Pullman Place.

No one in the vehicle was injured, prosecutors said, but a 53-year-old woman was shot while standing near a window in her apartment. She was taken by ambulance to Erie County Medical Center for treatment of a lower abdominal injury.

Medina was arrested by officers who saw her flee the scene. They said they recovered a loaded handgun with an extended magazine.