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A man is in custody after he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend on New Year’s Day in Arlington.
According to reports Mario Alanis,34 and his girlfriend Blanca Guerra were celebrating on New Year’s.
The two went to the backyard where Alanis tried to shoot his gun in the air.
Guerra was standing on the porch when he tried to shoot his gun and it did not fire.
Alanis says he threw the gun and attempted to reload it, when it went off and struck his girlfriend.
Officers responded to the home on the 1600 block of Connally Terrace.
When they arrived they found Guerra deceased on the back porch from a gunshot wound.
Alanis had left before officers arrived but was later arrested and charged with manslaughter.
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