Woman says she shot friend in chest because smoking dope made them both paranoid

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Say no to drugs, people -- especially when you're up on the North Side of Milwaukee.

This young lady who is no longer with us was a nursing student at nearby Concordia University.

Here's what happened from Fox 6:

According to the criminal complaint, police were dispatched to the scene around 9:40 p.m. [on Nov. 4] for reports of a shooting. When police arrived at the scene, they found two women inside the residence with gunshot wounds. The women were identified as Jamica Mills and Ariel Spillner.

Court filings say Mills was found conscious and lying on her back with a gunshot wound to her abdomen. Spillner was unresponsive and died at the scene.

Mills initially did not cooperate with police, telling them she didn't remember what happened. Later, however, she would fess up:

Mills later changed her story, telling investigators she and Spillner smoked weed together and both became paranoid.

Per the complaint, Mills mentioned that Spillner was supposed to cut her dog's hair with scissors, and at that time, Mills became paranoid that Spillner would stab her.

Mills explained that she went into her bedroom and retrieved her firearm off her bed and went back to the living room, according to the complaint. Mills said Spillner made a ‘hand motion' and then Mills shot Spillner, court filings say.

Mills told investigators she did not see the scissors and Spillner did not make any threats to stab her, per the complaint.

She told police she did not mean to kill her friend. What's more, Mills says after she shot her friend she walked toward the front door and shot herself in the abdomen.

It looks like the weapon was a Ruger LCP .380 handgun.

Another person who lives at the home was arrested, but has not been charged. Police say this person may have lied about what happened.

As they say, paranoia will destroy ya.


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