Dunedin Woman Accused Of Shooting Boyfriend During Fight

DUNEDIN, FL — A 21-year-old woman has been arrested after the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said she shot her boyfriend in the abdomen during an argument.

Tikerria Nashay Bell of 331 Duncan Loop W., Dunedin, was charged with attempted first-degree murder Monday.

According to the sheriff's office, at 6:58 a.m. Monday, deputies were called to Bell's home after receiving a call that a man had been shot. When deputies arrived, the 26-year-old man was transported to a local hospital for a gunshot wound to his abdomen. Detectives learned that the victim was Bell's boyfriend.

When deputies arrived, Bell was not at her home. She was picked up later and interviewed by detectives. She told them that she and her boyfriend got into a fight in her bedroom. She told him to leave her home and her boyfriend struck her in the face. She left the bedroom and retrieved a gun from her purse. Bell admitted to detectives that she was "mad" and her intent was to shoot her boyfriend.

She said her boyfriend tried to shut her out of the bedroom, but she forced her way in. Bell said her boyfriend then placed her in a choke hold, so she shot him once in his left abdomen. She said she then left the house with her 18-month-old daughter without calling 911.

Bell was arrested Monday afternoon and transported to the Pinellas County Jail. Her daughter has been placed with family members.

The boyfriend is in stable condition.