Cartersville Man Arrested in Fatal Shooting of Ohio Woman

CARTERSVILLE, GA -- A Cartersville man was arrested Friday in connection to the shooting death of an Ohio woman.

Tevious Turner, 35, was arrested by Kentucky State Police during a traffic stop along Interstate 75 near the city of Williamsburg.

Turner was apprehended on a fugitive warrant issued by the U.S. Marshals Service hours after police in Springfield, Ohio, responded to a shooting outside a hotel.

According to the Springfield News-Sun, a woman was found bleeding from a head wound inside a car at the intersection of Spring and East North Streets.

The victim, later identified as 29-year-old Melody Turner, later succumbed to her injuries. The newspaper states the victim's cousin told Springfield police that he and Tevious Turner "were involved in an argument regarding money" at a hotel.

The woman and her cousin left the hotel to cash a check at a local store. Tevious Turner apparently confronted the pair and began to argue with the victim's cousin inside the establishment, according to the media outlet. As the woman and her cousin left the store and got into a vehicle, Turner allegedly grabbed a firearm in his car and pointed the weapon at the woman's cousin, the newspaper states.

At that point, Melody Turner attempted to drive away when Turner "fired one shot that hit the victim in the neck or head," the Springfield News-Sun reported.

The woman's cousin took over at the wheel and drove the car to the intersection where police responded to the apparent shooting. According to WDTN, Melody Turner died at Miami Valley Hospital.

Jail records show Tevious Turner remains held at the Whitley County Detention Center in Kentucky with no bond.

Image via Whitley County Detention Center