8/14/07

Woman appears in court on charge in boyfriend's shooting

Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007

By Marcie Young
Charlotte Observer Staff Writer

A Burke County woman accused of shooting her boyfriend early Sunday made her first court appearance Monday.

Tara Danielle McGaha, 34, was being held at the Burke-Catawba Detention Facility Monday evening with bond set at $50,000, authorities said.

About 6:30 a.m. Sunday, McGaha's boyfriend, William Christopher Goins of Granite Falls, was shot in the leg with a .22-caliber rifle, according to the Burke County Sheriff's Office. Goins told deputies that he and McGaha were arguing at her home on Nuckolls Drive in Morganton.

McGaha was charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury.


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