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An Adairville woman was arrested Tuesday after shooting an 18-year-old male one day earlier.
At approximately 3:30 p.m., Monday Nicolas Islas, 18, and Brittany Islas, 18, both of Springfield, Tenn. along with some friends were floating along the Red River when confronted by Elizabeth Watson, 53 of Adairville, according to a report from the Logan County Sheriff’s Department.
According to the report, Watson told the teens that they were getting ready to go over the dam and they better make their was back up stream.
The rafters started to get out of the water onto the bank and Watson advised that she owned the land on both sides of the river and that they would be trespassing. She then fired a shot from a .22 caliber rifle and hit Nicolas Islas in the left leg.
The rafters made their was back to their vehicle and transported Islas to NorthCrest Hospital in Springfield and then he was transported to St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, where he was monitored over night and released the next day.
Detective Robbie Matthews of the Logan County Sheriff’s Department investigated the incident and arrested Watson on Tuesday, June 23.
Watson was lodged in the Logan County Detention Center and charged with first degree assault and two counts of first degree wanton endangerment.