A Missouri woman claimed that her boyfriend attacked her before she fatally shot him. Now she has been charged with first-degree murder.

Josie Reed, 20, was arrested on Friday after deputies from the Washington County Sheriff's Office responded to calls of a shooting at a residence in Mineral Point. When police arrived at the home, they found a 30-year-old man dead of a gunshot wound and Reed, who reported the shooting. Police questioned Reed, who allegedly claimed that the man, who has not been identified, attacked her repeatedly before she retrieved his gun and shot him.

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According to a probable cause affidavit reviewed by Law&Crime, Reed told poli

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