OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A man was formally charged Tuesday with killing a woman near Kalamazoo over the weekend.

Jayvon Cortez Bulock, 27, was arraigned on charges of open murder and a weapons charge. Bond was denied, which means he'll stay behind bars while his case works its way through the court system.

The charges stem from an assault and a murder over the weekend. According to the Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office, a neighbor reported "what sounded like a disturbance followed by gunfire" at Mount Royal Townhomes in Oshtemo Township on Saturday at around 3:30 a.m.

Deputies say when they arrived the woman had been shot and was unresponsive and that her boyfriend had been assaulted. She died at the scene.

Her boyfriend, who was taken to the hospital for his injuries, told au

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