The Daily Mail
A pharmacy student was allegedly shot and killed by her friend after they became paranoid from smoking weed, police said.
Ariel Spillner, 26, was killed in Milwaukee on November 4 after spending the evening celebrating the birthday of Jamica Mills, 32.
Mills claims to have accidentally shot Ariel after becoming paranoid that her friend would stab her while they smoked marijuana together, a criminal complaint said.
The complaint added that Mills also told investigators she shot herself in the stomach during the chaotic episode and insisted that she did not mean to kill Ariel.
She told police that Ariel was supposed to cut her dog’s hair with scissors, but she became paranoid that her friend would use them to attack her, so she retrieved a gun from her bedroom, per the complaint.
When she returned, Mills said that Ariel made a ‘hand motion’ that panicked her and led her to shoot her at around 9.40pm, police said.
Mills was found inside her home conscious but on the floor with a gunshot wound, and Ariel was pronounced dead at the scene.
A Ruger LCP .380 caliber handgun and two spent .380 caliber casings were also found in the home.
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