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Milwaukee Woman Charged in Friend's Fatal Shooting

11/13/2025

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Jamica Mills, 32, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, faces first-degree reckless homicide charges for the shooting death of her friend, 26-year-old Ariel Spillner, on November 4, 2023.
After smoking marijuana, Mills became paranoid and shot Spillner, who was a pharmacy student at Concordia University, believing she would be attacked with scissors.
Spillner was pronounced dead at the scene, while Mills suffered a gunshot wound to her abdomen.
Mills is held on a $150,000 bond, with a preliminary hearing scheduled for November 17, 2023.

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Jamica Mills, 32, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, faces first-degree reckless homicide charges for the shooting death of her friend, 26-year-old Ariel Spillner, on November 4, 2023.
After smoking marijuana, Mills became paranoid and shot Spillner, who was a pharmacy student at Concordia University, believing she would be attacked with scissors.
Spillner was pronounced dead at the scene, while Mills suffered a gunshot wound to her abdomen.
Mills is held on a $150,000 bond, with a preliminary hearing scheduled for November 17, 2023.