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Remy Ma was arrested Saturday on charges of attempted murder in a shooting outside a New York nightspot, police told The Associated Press.

The ex-Terror Squad MC (real name: Reminisce Smith) had been sought for questioning in the shooting of a 23-year-old woman early Saturday after an argument near a bar in Lower Manhattan. She reported to police at around 8 p.m. Saturday evening and was also arrested on charges of assault and criminal possession of a weapon, according to the AP.

“I ask everyone to keep an open mind,” said Ma’s attorney Scott Leemon, who accompanied her to the police station. “Things are not always as they seem.” He said an arraignment is likely to be held on Sunday (July 15).

The victim in the shooting, Ma’s close friend Makeda Barnes-Joseph, 23, is in stable condition at a New York hospital. According to several reports, the two had a violent altercation — resulting in Barnes-Joseph being shot twice in the midsection — after a party early Saturday in which Ma accused the woman of stealing $2,000 from her. A Cadillac Escalade belonging to Ma reportedly was used as a getaway vehicle after the shooting; the vehicle was crashed into a parked car three blocks from the crime scene and was abandoned.

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