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Woman shoots, kills man after she said she was kidnapped and drugged, Texas cops say

Texas officials are investigating after a woman told them she had been kidnapped and drugged and shot someone.
Texas officials are investigating after a woman told them she had been kidnapped and drugged and shot someone. Getty Images/iStockphoto

A woman who officials said shot and killed a man told deputies she had been kidnapped and drugged in Texas, according to authorities.

The woman called 911 around 12:42 p.m. on March 15, according to a Facebook post from the Gillespie County Sheriff’s Office.

The woman said she was drugged and kidnapped and that she shot someone, according to officials.

Authorities said they found the woman near a winery and she described a vehicle and the weapon she used.

Deputies found the vehicle in a traffic lane. Inside they found a man dead in the front seat, officials said.

The woman was taken to a hospital and questioned further by authorities. The investigation is ongoing.

Gillespie County is about a an 80-mile drive west of Austin.

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Jennifer Rodriguez
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Jennifer Rodriguez is a McClatchy National Real-Time reporter covering the Central and Midwest regions. She joined McClatchy in 2023 after covering local news in Youngstown, Ohio, for over six years. Jennifer has made several achievements in her journalism career, including receiving the Robert R. Hare Award in English, the Emerging Leader Justice and Equality Award, the Regional Edward R. Murrow Award and the Distinguished Hispanic Ohioan Award.
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