An Illinois woman who shot her boyfriend in the back during an argument has been sentenced to decades in prison.

Tnashia Wash, 20, was a teenager when she fired six shots at 30-year-old Roderick Richardson on Oct. 16, 2023. According to the Peoria County State's Attorney's Office, Wash admitted to police at the time that she shot Richardson, but claimed that it was in self-defense. She and her child had been staying at Richardson's home at the time, and the couple got into a fight about their relationship. Wash claimed that Richardson threatened to shoot her and her child, and she took his gun, firing six shots when he "charged" at her.

But an autopsy on Richardson determined that four of those shots hit him in the back.

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