A Missouri woman was charged with murder after police said she admitted to shooting her boyfriend after an argument at her St. Louis County apartment Monday night.
20-year-old Jaylon Dennis was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in connection with the death of 29-year-old Darnell Ashford.
In a probable cause statement, police said Dennis and Ashford got into an argument Monday night at Dennis’ apartment on Dragonwyck Drive over Ashford’s. Dennis accused Ashford of cheating, and Ashford made a “veiled threat” toward Dennis.
The probable cause statement said Dennis left the apartment and walked around the parking lot before returning to the apartment. Police said she then got a semi-automatic handgun from her bedroom, walked into the kitchen where Ashford was sitting and shot him in the back of the head twice.
Ashford was pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting.
When police questioned her, Dennis admitted to the shooting.
Dennis was charged Tuesday and is being held on a $500,000, cash-only bond.
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