Wichita, Kansas



From Wichita’s KSNW-TV of September 24, 2004

Grandmothers involved in shootout



A shootout in north Wichita has neighbors talking. That's because the alleged shooters are both grandmothers.



The scene played out in the 2600 block of North Holyoke.



"She come out with her black gun. She didn't know I had my little .25 automatic," said Ann Gartner.



"She pulled out a pistol and it was like the wild, wild West at the old folks home," said neighbor Gary Potts.



"I stepped around the right side of the car and 'pow,'" said Gartner. "I nearly hit her in the shoulder."



It's normally quiet in the 2600 block of North Holyoke except for Thursday.



Fifty-three year old Bertha Criner was on the front porch. 82-year-old Ann had driven up to Criner's home and the two got into a verbal argument which escalated into gunfire.

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.When the bullets stopped flying, no one was injured and police say Ann was shooting in self defense.



Police arrested 53-year-old Bertha Criner.