City woman faces gun, domestic violence charges

Published 12:00 am Sunday, October 24, 2010

A Vicksburg woman was in the Warren County Jail Saturday after a domestic dispute Friday evening.

Latonya Austin, 36, 203 Smith Place, was charged with possession of a firearm after a felony conviction and aggravated domestic violence after shooting at her husband, Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace said.

Shots were reported fired at 6:41 p.m. Friday, Pace said.

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Deputies responding said Austin was holding, but dropped, a .32-caliber revolver as they approached. Four spent shells were found in the gun, said the sheriff.

No one was injured in the dispute, he said.

Austin was arrested outside her home and, upon a routine check, was found to have had a 2002 conviction for felony shoplifting, Pace said.

Austin was being held without bond.