Woman shot to death in Spring Hill; live-in boyfriend arrested

SPRING HILL, Fla. - A Spring Hill man is under arrest, accused in the shooting death of his girlfriend.

Hernando County Sheriff's deputies responded to a home on St. Ives Boulevard on Wednesday night for reports of a shooting.

When they went into the home in the Pristine Place community, they found a woman who had been shot to death.

Courtesy: Hernando County Jail

The victim's boyfriend was home at the time. Roland Maurice Akins, 61, told deputies that he and his girlfriend had a fight, and he was trying to get her to leave the home.

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Akins went on to tell deputies that the victim was holding a gun during the argument and that when he was able to get hold of the gun, it went off, striking the victim.

After questioning Akins further, he was arrested on homicide charges.

The sheriff's office said the investigation remains active, and no other information is available at this time.

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