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Woman shot while trying to break into vehicle in Oakland park
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Woman shot while trying to break into vehicle in Oakland park

OAKLAND PARK, Fla. – A woman was shot in the arm Sunday morning during a burglary in Oakland Park, authorities said.

According to Broward Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Claudinne Caro-Guaraldi, deputies responded to a report of a shooting near the 4900 block of Northeast 13rd Terrace just after 5 a.m.

She said responding deputies found the woman, who had a gunshot wound to the arm.

Deputies administered first aid to the woman until Oakland Park firefighters arrived and transported her to a local hospital. Her injuries were said to be non-life threatening.

According to Caro-Guaraldi, detectives learned the shooting was related to a burglary in which the woman was the perpetrator.

She has since been arrested and identified as 31-year-old Ruika Abdulrahman.

Local 10 News reporter Hannah Yechivi was at the scene later this morning and noticed a bullet hole in the driver’s side window of a white Mercedes-Benz SUV.

Pieces of cloth or towels with what appeared to be blood on them were also observed.

A sergeant at the scene told Yechivi that Abdulrahman was trying to break into the vehicle when she was shot.

BSO’s Oakland Park District Crime Suppression Team and BSO’s Violent Crimes Detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the break-in and shooting.

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