A Millbrook woman who admitted shooting her uncle was found not guilty of murder and not guilty of manslaughter last week in an Elmore County courtroom.
Sheneika Oliver admitted to police just hours after the death of Kenny Williams she shot her uncle at The Pit Stop in Millbrook Sept. 4, 2017. From the beginning, Oliver claimed self-defense and turned herself in hours after the shooting but the state argued otherwise and charged her with murder.
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