Jury Deliberates in Case of Former Beauty Queen
From Times Wire Reports
Jurors began deliberations in Savannah in the case of a former beauty queen accused of murder for shooting her boyfriend outside the home of another woman he was dating.
Sharron Nicole Redmond, 23, admitted firing a single shot at Kevin Shorter during their argument. The bullet pierced his femoral artery.
Redmond, who had been crowned Miss Savannah 2003 four months earlier, said she fired only after Shorter threatened to kill her and reached for what she feared was a gun.
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