ORANGE COUNTY, N.C. — A woman is facing charges after she was accused of killing her mother in Orange County.
Paula Lee Decoteau, 51, was arrested Sunday.
Deputies responded to Spruce Pine Trail around 12 a.m. to find Cheryl Garner Medlin, 75, suffering from a gunshot wound to the forehead.
She was taken to the hospital. Medlin later died from injuries sustained in the shooting.
Two other people, who were in the house during the shooting, said they overheard an argument between Decoteau and Medlin before a shot was fired.
After the gunshot, they said Decoteau went into the room where they were, took their phones, and did not let them leave the room. After about 15-30 minutes, they said she allowed them to leave and call 911. One of the two was able to secure the gun used in the shooting, until deputies arrived.
Decoteau then kicked a deputy in the chest as she was being arrested.
Decoteau is charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, assault on a government official, and two counts of second-degree kidnapping. A murder charge is pending. Her bond is set for $500,000. She is set to appear in court Monday at 2 p.m.
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