Local woman charged with murder after admitting to shooting two people

When officers arrived, they found a 39-year-old woman deceased in the yard. Officers then found a second woman with gunshot wounds to her legs.

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A local woman has been charged with murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after admitting to police she shot and killed one woman and shot and injured a second woman. The shootings happened early this morning, just after midnight.

According to Paris Police Officer Curtis Garrett, police were called to the 300 block of E. Grove Street at 12:15 a.m. for reports of shots fired.

When officers arrived, they found a 39-year-old woman deceased in the yard. Officers then found a second woman with gunshot wounds to her legs.

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Garrett said officers soon arrested 34-year-old Lilandria Shiaire Bell and charged her with murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after she admitted to the officers that she was the person who shot the two women.

The names of the victims are being withheld until the investigation is complete, Garrett said.

Lilandria Shiaire Bell
Lilandria Shiaire Bell