BOONES MILL, Va. – A man is behind bars after a 70-year-old woman was shot and killed in Boones Mill, according to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office. Officers say they were alerted about shots being fired in the 6000 block of Bethlehem Road on Wednesday and arrived to find Mary Ann Cook, 70, dead in her home from an “apparent gunshot wound.” Authorities identified 30-year-old Dominic Thomas Novia as the suspect. He is being held at the Franklin County Jail without bail. Novia has been charged with second-degree murder.
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