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Woman arrested in fatal shooting of man in West Oak Lane

Police said the slaying grew out of am unspecified domestic dispute.

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A woman has been arrested in the fatal shooting of a 34-year-old man in West Oak Lane during what police described as a domestic dispute, police said.

Officers responding to a call for a shooting about 10 p.m. Thursday on the 1500 block of Orland Street found a resident of the block, Derrick Faulk, with a gunshot wound to the neck. He was taken to Einstein Medical Center where was pronounced dead at 10:23 p.m.

Officers arrested a woman and recovered a weapon at the scene, police said. There is no information on the nature of the dispute leading up to the shooting.

The woman's name has not been yet released pending charges.