POTOSI, Mo. – A Washington County, Missouri, woman appeared in court Tuesday for a fatal shooting last week at a home she shared with the victim.

According to a probable cause statement from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, the shooting happened on Friday, Oct. 3. Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a residence just south of Mineral Point for a reported shooting.

Deputies arrived to find the homeowner dead from a gunshot wound to his head. He was 30 years of age. The sheriff’s office did not identify the victim.

The woman who reported the shooting, Josie I. Reed, was taken into custody for questioning.

In an interview with investigators, Reed alleged that the victim was angry with her and had choked her repeatedly and that she lost consciousness multiple times. She said the vi

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