HAMILTON -- A Hamilton man has been charged in the shooting death of his 31-year-old girlfriend.

Daniel Torres, 38

Daniel Torres Jr., 38, was charged Monday with murder and possession of firearms for an unlawful purpose in the death of Jennifer Beer.

Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo Onofri said Hamilton police responded to an apartment on the 800 block of South Olden Avenue at 6:05 a.m. Sunday for a report of a deceased woman.

After hearing a gunshot come from the second-floor apartment, the officers forced entry and took Torres into custody, authorities said.

Onofri said police found Beer on the floor of the bedroom suffering from multiple gunshot wounds and a dead dog nearby.

It was not immediately known if the dog had also been shot, but Torres was charged with cruelty to an animal. The couple lived together in the apartment.

Torres is being held at the Mercer County Correction Center and prosecutors plan to file a motion to have him detained, Onofri said.

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