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A murder charge has been filed against a Tulsa man accused of fatally shooting a woman during an argument at a house east of downtown last month.

Blaine Michael Butcher, 36, was charged Monday in Tulsa County District Court with second-degree murder in the death of 37-year-old Erin Heather Roy. Butcher has been in the Tulsa Jail since his arrest on April 20, shortly after the shooting occurred.

Butcher reportedly told homicide detectives he shot Roy as the result of an argument stemming from her temporary stay at a house he was renting with another woman. Police said Butcher and the other woman suspected Roy, who had been living there for a few days, of stealing from them and tried to kick her out shortly before 1 a.m.

The victim appeared to have questioned why she had to leave during a rainstorm, and Butcher grabbed a pistol from his room and shot her in the head as she opened the front door, according to an arrest report. Responding officers found him at the scene in addition to a gun lying on the couch.

Roy was taken to a hospital, where she later died.

Butcher initially faced a complaint of shooting with intent to kill, which was upgraded to murder upon the victim's death.