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The night before James Carr was gunned down in north-central Lincoln, his girlfriend told an acquaintance she intended to lure him into a setup, and the man suspected of killing him got hold of a handgun, police said in court documents.

In a phone conversation with a male Lancaster County jail inmate Sunday, Tiffany S. Welch said she was going to do something that would make him proud of her, according to an affidavit for her arrest.

Police arrested her Tuesday, and on Wednesday a judge ordered Welch, 21, be held in jail without bond on suspicion of accessory to murder in the Monday morning shooting death of Carr, 27.

Matthew Pavey, who police believe shot Carr, appeared in court Wednesday afternoon via video from jail and was charged with being a felon in possession of a weapon.

Police say Pavey, 24, shot Carr just after 11:30 a.m. His body was found on a sidewalk near 20th and Dudley streets. The two men had an ongoing feud, police said.

During their investigation, police learned an acquaintance of Pavey’s called Welch from jail Sunday night. In the recorded conversation, investigators say, she told the caller she could lure Carr in because he trusted her and that she would use his money to pay the caller's bond.