GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Police say a 24-year-old Florida woman fatally shot her former boyfriend a week after breaking up with him.
A roommate of Katherine Jean Tonner found the body of 26-year-old Jose Ricardo Ortiz III in their apartment Monday. A police report says Ortiz had been living in Tonner's apartment.
The Gainesville Sun reports the roommate told police he was in a third-floor bedroom when he heard three loud bangs on the second floor. Five minutes later he heard a fire alarm. He went downstairs, smelled something burning and saw Tonner's car driving away. Then he saw Ortiz face down near the bed.
He called 911.
A short time later, Tonner called dispatchers from her parents' house saying she had shot someone.
She's charged with murder. Records don't list a lawyer.
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