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\nCLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. – A woman accused of shooting and killing a man after a crash was emotional during her first court appearance Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\nCLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. – A woman accused of shooting and killing a man after a crash was emotional during her first court appearance Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Hannah Payne, 21, faces a charge of murder without malice.<\/p>\n
Channel 2\u2019s Tom Jones was in the Clayton County courtroom when Payne appeared with her attorney, who said the woman exercised self-defense.<\/p>\n
Payne had a pained look on her face when she heard about the charge.<\/p>\n
Police said Payne noticed 62-year-old Kenneth Herring hit a car and leave the scene Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n
Officers said Payne caught up with Herring at Riverdale Road and Forest Parkway and blocked him in with her car.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt just seems like an unfortunate situation of a good Samaritan trying to stop a person on a hit-and-run,\u201d attorney Matt Tucker said. Payne’s attorney told Jones that Herring also hit Payne’s car.<\/p>\n
Tucker said she went to Herring’s car with her gun to keep him from leaving again; however, police don’t see it completely that way.<\/p>\n
\u201cAn altercation then ensued between the two of them, and during the altercation Mr. Herring was shot and killed,\u201d Maj. Anthony Thuman said.<\/p>\n
Witness Nicole Jackson said she saw Payne fighting with Herring, telling him to get out of the car.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll of a sudden you hear a \u2018pow,\u2019 and she got on her phone immediately and was like, \u2018He pulled the trigger,\u2019\u201d Jackson said.<\/p>\n
Police said Payne had called 911 before the shooting.<\/p>\n
Herring’s estranged wife said Payne should have waited for officers.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy would you get out? That means you weren’t in no danger if you got out of your car to go to his car,\u201d Christine Herring said.<\/p>\n
She said Payne is a danger to the community.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think she needs to go to jail because she committed murder. You need to go to jail,\u201d Herring said.<\/p>\n
Payne’s attorney said she is licensed to carry. He said his client told him the gun went off during the struggle.<\/p>\n
Payne is being held without bond<\/p>\n