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On June 27, 2020, 26-year-old Ashleigh Murphy was fatally shot inside her Fairland Road home near Ormond Beach, Florida. Deputies responded after Murphy’s boyfriend, 22-year-old Winter Richardson, placed a 911 call and cooperated with investigators. Murphy sustained a gunshot wound to her upper body, was taken to Halifax Health Medical Center, and pronounced dead.

The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office found the shooting occurred during a consensual sexual encounter in which Murphy asked Richardson to point a revolver at her. Richardson pulled the trigger twice; the second pull discharged, striking Murphy in the shoulder and back. Detectives determined Richardson’s failure to confirm the revolver was unloaded was a reckless act that significantly contributed to her death. He was arrested on August 12, 2020, and charged with manslaughter; he was held on $10,000 bond and later sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Are there witnesses or additional details about that evening that could clarify what happened?