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Jerell Martin ( Credit: Leavenworth Co Sheriff's Office)
(KAIR)--A Kansas City, Kansas man has been charged in the shooting death of a Leavenworth woman.
Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson said 27-year-old Jerell Martin has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of 20-year-old Erica Hopkins on July 15.
Leavenworth Police say Martin was arrested Wednesday afternoon in Kansas City.
Police responded to an apartment complex in the 2900 block of Ralph Bunche Drive shortly before 12:30 last Friday morning for a report of shots fired.
Upon arrival, officers located Hopkins suffering from a gunshot wound.
She was transported to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Martin is being held in the Leavenworth County Jail on a $500,000 bond.
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