ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- One day after a 36-year-old Jacksonville man was shot to death in a Flagler Estates home, St. Johns County detectives said his step-sister pulled the trigger in order to "prove herself."
Melissa Zink, 30, was arrested Thursday after James Rose died at Shands-Jacksonville Medical Center. He was shot in a home on Oliver Avenue just after 2 a.m.Thursday morning.
According to police reports, Zink heard her step-brother on the phone talking about a $30,000 robbery deal. Deputies were told that he told Zink that if she wanted to be part of it, she had to prove herself, because she would never shoot anyone.
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Zink said her stepbrother handed her the gun, she pulled the trigger and when it went off, striking Rose in the head. He was flown by air ambulance to Shands-Jacksonville Medical Center, but died.
Following interviews with witnesses and consultation with the State Attorney's Office, detectives arrested Zink on a charge of manslaughter.
A judge set Zink's bond at $75,000. As of Friday afternoon, she had not bonded out of jail.
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