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Fallbrook Woman Held Without Bail After Shooting Boyfriend, SWAT Standoff

Deputies negotiated with the barricaded 44-year-old suspect for over four hours before taking her into custody outside her trailer early Monday.

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Overview

  • Jones is booked on suspicion of attempted murder and criminal threats and is being held without bail at Vista Jail ahead of a Wednesday afternoon arraignment.
  • According to sheriff’s Lt. Darrell McNeal, the dispute began inside the trailer on Avo Drive when Jones threatened her boyfriend with a knife, prompting him to wrest it away.
  • After being disarmed, she retrieved a rifle and fired through a window, striking him in the head.
  • Emergency room doctors cautioned that the shot could have been fatal if the bullet had deviated, but the victim suffered only a minor skull laceration and was released.
  • The San Diego County Sheriff’s SWAT team breached the trailer at about 5:30 a.m., ending the standoff.