By Associated Press - Sunday, May 27, 2018

MOUNT STERLING, Ky. (AP) - Police in Kentucky say a woman has been charged in the fatal shooting of a neighbor and the wounding of the neighbor’s wife.

Montgomery County Sheriff Fred Shortridge tells WKYT-TV that Frances Zaayer was charged with murder, attempted murder and first-degree burglary after Saturday’s shooting near Mount Sterling.

A coroner identified the male victim as 47-year-old David N. Scott. Shortridge says Scott’s wife was taken to the University of Kentucky Hospital in critical condition.

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Shortridge says Zaayer and the victims had been in a year-long dispute.

Zaayer is being held in the Powell County Detention Center. It wasn’t immediately known whether she has an attorney.

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Information from: WKYT-TV, http://www.wkyt.com

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