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Cell phone, ‘other’ relationships lead to murder on Easter Sunday, police say

DeKalb County, Georgia, resident Lagina Kimble is charged with killing her boyfriend Corinth Covington on Easter Sunday.
DeKalb County, Georgia, resident Lagina Kimble is charged with killing her boyfriend Corinth Covington on Easter Sunday.
By Joshua Sharpe, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
April 7, 2018

A Georgia woman is accused of killing her boyfriend with a gunshot to the leg during an argument on Easter Sunday, according to newly released warrants.

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Suspect Lagina Kimble was arguing with Corinth Covington over a cell phone and "other romantic relationships," police documents show.

The shooting apparently happened at their home in Stone Mountain in metro Atlanta around 7 a.m.

Police said Covington left the couple’s apartment and Kimble followed him outside with a gun where she shot him.

Court records show Covington was convicted last year of battering Kimble in 2015.

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Kimble, 27, is charged with murder. She remained jailed Thursday.

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