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East Baton Rouge deputies arrest woman accused of shooting man along Sharon Hills Boulevard
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BATON ROUGE — East Baton Rouge Parish deputies arrested a woman accused of shooting a man along Sharon Hills Boulevard over the weekend.
According to arrest documents, deputies responded to reports of a shooting along Sharon Hills on Saturday morning. Once they arrived, deputies found blood spatter and broken jewelry, along with a single cartridge case.
Surveillance video from the scene showed a woman, later identified as 26-year-old Jalaycia Barnes, punching a man in the side and him walking away before he was shot.
After he was shot, the man called 911 and said he would drive himself to the hospital, deputies noted. An affidavit says that Barnes said she would drive him after the man hung up with 911.
The man was uncooperative with detectives and gave various stories about how he was shot, deputies added.
Deputies also searched the home where the shooting happened, finding a pistol in the entryway of the home. While deputies were at the home, Barnes arrived in the victim's car. What appeared to be blood was on the door of the car, deputies noted.
Barnes later admitted to shooting the man as he was walking away from her and getting into his car.
Barnes was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on attempted second-degree murder and illegal use of weapons charges.
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