ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A man who claimed he accidentally shot a woman has been indicted on a first-degree murder charge in connection with her death, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies said they were called to Orlando East Mobile Home Park around 4:30 p.m. on June 29 and found Michelle Ennis, 44, dead in a trailer. A neighbor said Jack Mathis Jr. knocked on her door, fell to his knees and said, "I shot her. It was an accident," the report said.
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That woman said she went inside the trailer and found Ennis was cold to the touch and not breathing, according to authorities.
Mathis, 34, was initially arrested on a charge of manslaughter with a firearm and drug-related charges.
On Thursday, deputies announced that a grand jury had indicted him on a first-degree murder charge.