Associated Press - March 26, 2010 6:35 PM ET
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Bail has been set at $1.1 million for an Omaha man suspected of fatally shooting his girlfriend.
Mark Beckwith appeared Friday morning at a court hearing. He's charged with manslaughter in the Tuesday death of 41-year-old Tamatha Coppock.
Beckwith with still in the Douglas County jail later Friday. It was not immediately know whether he had an attorney.
Police say officers responding to reports of a shooting Tuesday afternoon at a midtown apartment building found Coppock suffering from a gunshot wound. She was taken to an Omaha hospital, where she died.
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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