A murder charge has been dropped against a woman who was accused of killing a man during a road rage shooting in Orange County.

Tina Allgeo appeared in court on Thursday morning for a hearing about a motion to dismiss the charges against her.

Allgeo was facing charges of second-degree murder and aggravated battery.

Allgeo pleaded no contest to aggravated battery, and the murder charge against her was dropped.

Initially, Allgeo's attorney, Mark O'Mara, was expected to argue for the case's dismissal. Instead, he announced that a plea deal had been agreed upon after negotiations with State Attorney Monique Worrell.

O'Mara maintains that Allgeo was justified in shooting Mihail Tsvetkov in self-defense after he opened Allgeo's car door and hit her multiple times.

As part of the plea deal,

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