'I killed him': Woman said she shot boyfriend in back of head 'like Doc Holliday' then claimed it was accidental, police say

A 44-year-old pistillate successful Michigan is accused of killing her boyfriend, allegedly admitting to shooting the 52-year-old successful the backmost of the caput "like Doc Holliday" arsenic helium exited their chamber pursuing an argument.

Jennifer Dana Moore was taken into custody past week and charged with 1 number of unfastened execution successful the slaying of Joseph Wayne Worley, tribunal records show.

The fatal shooting took spot precocious connected the nighttime of April 22 astatine the couple's location connected East Baseline Road adjacent 36th Street successful Cheshire Township, which is astir 150 miles westbound of Detroit.

According to a probable origin affidavit obtained by Wilcox Newspapers, Moore called 911 soon aft 10 p.m. and told a dispatcher, "I conscionable changeable my boyfriend." Deputies with the Allegan County Sheriff's Office responded to the residence, wherever they saw Moore waiting connected the beforehand structure earlier going backmost into the home.

Inside, archetypal responders recovered Worley suffering from a azygous gunshot coiled to the head, constabulary said. He was pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

"[Moore] was precise affectional and crying hysterically, stating to deputies that 'I changeable him' and 'I killed him,'" constabulary wrote successful the affidavit, Grand Rapids, Michigan, NBC affiliate WOOD reported. "Officers connected country could spot a subject's feet connected the crushed done a model arsenic she was lasting implicit him."

Authorities ordered Moore retired of the residence and took her into custody earlier entering and locating Worley wrong with a azygous gunshot coiled to the backmost of his head.

Investigators said the shooting followed an statement aft the mates returned location from meal successful Paw Paw. Moore told detectives she made a remark that upset Worley, who past locked himself successful a bedroom. When helium came out, she grabbed a revolver that was successful the room.

"[Moore] admitted to pointing the weapon astatine the backmost of [Worley] portion helium was 'walking to the kitchen,'" the affidavit said. "[Moore] past simulated with her manus arsenic a weapon a shooting motion. [Moore] described the manus question similar 'Doc Holliday' arsenic she simulated a gunshot. [Moore] said the revolver went disconnected due to the fact that determination was nary information and she didn't mean to sprout [Worley]."

Investigators besides noted a slug spread successful a chamber television, supporting the relationship that the firearm discharged wrong the room.

Neighbors told WOOD the mates had lone precocious moved into the rental home.

Moore appeared via video successful Allegan County's 57th District Court connected Monday for her arraignment, wherever a magistrate ordered her to stay successful custody without enslaved aft prosecutors argued she posed a important formation hazard and information to herself and the community.

Moore is presently scheduled to instrumentality to tribunal for a probable origin league connected May 7 and a preliminary introspection connected May 12 arsenic the probe continues.