WHIPPOORWILL, Ariz. (AP) - Authorities say a woman killed her boyfriend on the Navajo Nation after he told her to shoot him.
Carmelita Williams faces a second-degree murder charge.
She told authorities that her boyfriend had physically and verbally
assaulted her last week in Whippoorwill. According to court documents,
the boyfriend blocked the door of a hogan, gave Williams a pistol and
told her she couldn't leave unless she shot him.
Williams says her boyfriend pointed the pistol at himself while she
held it in her left hand. She then fired a round into his chest,
holding her son in the other arm.
Williams told authorities she tried to call 911 but did not have
cellphone service, and her relatives' phones didn't work either.
Her attorney did not immediately return a message left Wednesday.
A compilation of daily news articles from around the United States about deaths (including both people and animals) that appear to occur in the context of a past or present intimate relationship, focusing on 2009-present. (NOTE: this blog is limited to incidents that appear in the media and are captured by our search terms. We recognize this is not an exhaustive portrayal of all deaths resulting from intimate violence.) When is society going to realize intimate violence makes victims of us all?
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