The Latest: 1 bullet found in suicide attempt turned killing
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The Latest on a man accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend while trying to kill himself (all times local):
12:30 p.m.
An Alaska prosecutor says authorities found one casing at the scene of a shooting that killed a woman when her boyfriend tried to kill himself and the bullet passed through his head and hit her.
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Victor Sibson survived and has been charged with second-degree murder in the April 19 shooting of 22-year-old Brittanymae Haag at the couple's Anchorage apartment. Haag died at a hospital the same day.
Assistant District Attorney James Fayette says the bullet was recovered from Haag's chest during her autopsy — "powerfully corroborating one shot being fired."
A judge has entered a not-guilty plea on behalf of Sibson.
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6 a.m.
A judge has entered a not guilty plea for an Alaska man accused of killing his girlfriend after he shot himself and the bullet traveled through his head and hit his girlfriend in the chest.
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Prosecutors say Brittanymae Haag was trying to prevent Victor Carl Sibson from killing himself when she was shot.
KTUU-TV reports that a judge on Sunday entered a not guilty plea to a second-degree murder charge on Sibson's behalf when he made a court appearance.
The 22-year-old Haag and the 21-year-old Sibson were hospitalized after the April 19 shooting. Haag died that day.
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Sibson was jailed for lack of $250,000 bond.
He told the judge that he is unemployed and could not afford a lawyer.