Girl shot in the chest by a woman 'after brandishing a pellet gun and trying to ...

Girl, 14, is shot in the chest after ‘pulling out a pellet gun and trying to steal a woman’s dog’ in Chicago A 14-year-old girl was shot in the chest after allegedly pulling a pellet gun on a woman and trying to steal her dog Araceli Diaz, 21, was meeting with the girl in Chicago, Illinois, on Friday to sell the animal Authorities say the girl drew a pellet gun, hit Diaz on the head with it and tried to take the dog without paying for it Diaz then shot the girl in the chest and fled the scene before emergency crews arrived Diaz was arrested on Friday for one felony count of unlawful use of a weapon The girl, who was treated for a gunshot wound, was charged with attempted robbery

By Lauren Edmonds For Dailymail.com

Published: 02:08 GMT, 2 December 2019 | Updated: 03:59 GMT, 2 December 2019

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Araceli Diaz (pictured) was arrested on Friday and charged with one felony count of unlawful use of a weapon

A teenage girl was shot in the chest on Friday night in Chicago after she tried to steal a woman's dog, authorities say.

The Chicago Police Department said in a press release that the unidentified minor was meeting with Araceli Diaz, 21, around 5.45pm in the 2300 block of South Drake Avenue to 'conduct a sale.'

When Diaz communicated that the price for the animal would be $800, the girl reportedly brandished a pellet gun, The Chicago Tribune reports.

She then allegedly ordered Diaz to the ground, hit her over the