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Boyfriend charged in Newport woman's death

| November 8, 2022 1:00 AM

NEWPORT — A Pend Oreille County woman was fatally shot Sunday afternoon, Newport Police officials said in a press release Monday.

The victim was identified as Jennifer Lee, 44, of Newport, Wash. Her boyfriend, Nathan Fry, 29, was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting.

Fry was taken into custody without incident and booked into the Pend Oreille County Jail on charges of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter, and a first-degree charge of unlawful possession of a firearm.

Lee was found deceased after Newport Police Department and the Pend Oreille County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a fatal shooting in the 400 block of W. Seventh Street in Newport at 12:26 p.m. Sunday.

The investigation is ongoing and no additional information is available at this time.