COLDWATER - Charges have been filed against a woman for allegedly shooting her daughter during a fight.

​Branch County District Court officials say 64 year old Kathleen Rowe of Coldwater was arraigned on four felony charges after she allegedly shot her daughter.

​According to the Branch County Prosecutor’s Office, the Branch County Sheriff’s Department was called to the 500 block of Pamela Drive at 4:30 Thursday afternoon. According to their investigation, deputies determined that 33 year old Kacey Stringer was shot in the abdomen during the fight with Rowe.

​Stringer was taken to Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne and is in stable condition.
​Rowe was questioned by deputies and told them she shot her daughter out of self-defense, and she was tired of Stringer’s physical and mental abuse. Stringer told Deputies that there had been an argument, but nothing physical happened between the two of them.

​Stringer says that Rowe threw a drawer at her and even pointed a knife at her before getting the gun.
​Rowe is charged with discharging a firearm in a building causing serious impairment; felony firearm, assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder and felonious assault.

​Rowe plead not guilty to all charges and is being held in the Branch County Jail on a $150,000 bond. A probably cause hearing is scheduled for February 9 and a preliminary examination for February 16.