ALAMEDA (KRON) — Alameda County prosecutors Tuesday announced they have charged a 54-year-old East Bay woman with murder and elder abuse.
Donna Marie Qualls, of Alameda, told investigators she shot Emmanuel Emmett Christy while he slept, Alameda police Detective Alex Keden said in a probable cause statement filed with the court.
Police received a call at 10:19 a.m. Thursday from someone reporting they had shot someone at a residence on the 700 block of Buena Vista Avenue.
Responding officers found Qualls and a male relative inside the home.
Christy was found dead in an upstairs bedroom with a single gunshot wound to the head, Keden said.
Qualls remains in custody at Santa Rita Jail and is being held without bail.