LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The attorney for a woman charged with murder on New Year's Eve in a Louisville McDonald's parking lot said police's version of the events isn't true. 

Shoshanha Jones was arrested Tuesday and charged with murder, robbery and possession of a handgun by a convicted felon.

Jones was identified as a suspect in the Dec. 31 shooting in the 400 block of East Market Street, just outside NuLu. The shooting was reported around 10:30 p.m. near North Preston and South Jackson streets.

According to court documents, the shooting happened during an argument after a child was getting out of a car and the door hit Jones' vehicle. Police said Jones began yelling at the child, who returned to the vehicle. The child's mother was in the vehicle and tried to get Jones' attention on her rather than the child, court documents state. 

According to police, Jones got a handgun, and Mayra Rodriguez Munoz exited the vehicle in an attempt to intervene when Jones fired, hitting Rodriguez Munoz in the chest. The other woman was attempting to film the incident when Jones pointed her gun at her and took the phone by force before fleeing the scene.

Police and EMS were called and pronounced Rodriguez Munoz dead at the scene. She was a U.S. Navy veteran.

Jones was identified as a suspect after her ID was found on the ground near spent shell casings. Police confirmed her identity and found that she was a convicted felon who cannot own or possess a handgun.

In court Wednesday, Jones' attorney said the child is actually a teenager who, along with the victim, approached Jones as she was eating her food. 

Prosecutors argued for Jones' bond to be set at $1 million, but the judge instead ruled she not have contact with any McDonald's restaurant, with witnesses' families, residences or workplaces.

"I am going to take into account the serious nature of this allegation keeping bond the same as $500,000 full cash," the judge said.

Jones is expected back in court Jan. 26.

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