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Huy Nguyen is on trial for the 2024 murder of his girlfriend Alison “Kate” Laporta

Laporta was taken to the hospital by Nguyen after suffering a gunshot wound to her upper body

Nguyen's attorneys claim the mother of two died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound

Trial is underway for a Virginia man who is accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend and then claiming she committed suicide.

Huy Nguyen was charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of Alison “Kate” Laporta in 2024.

The case came to light on April 18, 2024, when officers were called to the Mount Vernon Hospital around 11:35 p.m. Laporta was suffering from a gunshot wound to her upper body and had been transported to the hospital by Nguyen, the Fairfax County Police Department said. Laporta w

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