ELYRIA — An Elyria woman was arrested Sunday after allegedly assaulting and spraying pepper spray on another woman at Shopway.

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Dominique Camel, 25, was charged with assault.

According to Elyria police, officers arrived at the store, in the 100 block of Lake Avenue, as sev-eral vehicles were leaving. A woman ran up to them, bleeding on the right side of her face and described by police as “covered” in pepper spray. The woman told them Camel had done it.

Police went to Camel’s residence and she told them the other woman assaulted her after Camel and her child’s father, who was with the woman, got into a verbal altercation. Camel, who is preg-nant, was placed into custody on an outstanding warrant as the investigation continued. A witness told police that Camel had instigated the incident.