An 18-year-old woman was taken into custody and a man was turned over to Bristol Township police last week as officers investigated a reported shooting.
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Lower Makefield Township police received information around 2:50 p.m. last Thursday that a Honda wanted in relation to the Bristol Township shooting had been flagged by a plate reader system near the intersection of the Newtown Bypass and Stony Hill Road.
Officers from Lower Makefield and Newtown townships responded to the Prickett Preserve shopping center and located the vehicle in the parking lot of Wegman’s, according to court papers.
Police found a man and a woman tied to the Honda inside the grocery store, police said.
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The woman, who was later identified as Liliana Khinchegashvili, 18, of Bristol, was found to be carrying a loaded firearm, police said.
Officers recovered a 9mm Beretta handgun from Khinchegashvili’s waistband after she informed police she was armed, according to court papers.
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The handgun contained one round in the chamber and eight additional rounds in the magazine, police said.
Investigators said the firearm was registered to a man in Bristol.
Khinchegashvili was taken into police custody and charged with firearms not to be carried without a license, possession of an instrument of crime with intent, and false identification to a law enforcement officer.
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The man with her was turned over to Bristol Township police for questioning on the shooting.
Bristol Township police did not release details concerning the shooting.
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Khinchegashvili was preliminarily arraigned last Thursday evening before District Judge Brian Marriott. She was sent to the Bucks County Correctional Facility on 10 percent of $60,000 bail.
Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.
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