‘How could you do this to me?’: Man shot his friend in the eye after she told him she ‘wasn’t ready for a relationship,’ DA says

A Minnesota man whose romantic overtures were rejected by a 22-year-old woman on Snapchat allegedly killed her a day later, shooting a bullet through her right eye “at close range” inside her own home during an argument as police say he shouted “How could you do this to me?”

Jose Luis Lopez Xique, 27, was charged Monday in Hennepin County with second-degree murder for the June 27 shooting death of Kayli Arseth. His criminal complaint details how he allegedly executed Arseth — a “very bright, sassy, funny, and caring” woman from Richfield who “loved working with children,” according to her obituary — at her residence that Friday night after being rejected the day before.

“[Lopez Xique] would buy things for Victim on shopping trips, but the relationship was not romantic or sexual,” the complaint alleges, citing interviews with friends…

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