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Katrina Kat Darlene Budden, 20, was shot in the head at a Twin Falls residence at 232 2nd Avenue North on the afternoon of January 19, 2017. Emergency crews responded around 4:40 p.m.; she was taken to St. Luke’s Magic Valley Medical Center but died of her injuries.

Investigators arrested 26-year-old Brandon S. Smithson, Budden’s roommate, after the shooting. Reports say the gun went off while Smithson was showing the weapon to neighbors; he was charged with involuntary manslaughter. Budden was born November 17, 1996, in Twin Falls and is remembered by friends and family as someone who loved singing, enjoyed longboarding, and put others first.