ReKeia Gates, 19, has been charged with first degree murder in connection to the Dec. 10 fatal shooting of her boyfriend Jerry Allen, who was found inside a car in Polly Williams Park.

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Gates was arrested by homicide investigators, police said.

Gates made her first appearance in court Monday and was denied bond.

Mr. Allen, 21, was found shot while sitting in the driver's seat of a Mercury.