LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Louisville man was arrested and charged with murder after police say he shot and killed his girlfriend.
According to court documents, 18-year-old Adam Cortez was taken into custody Monday morning.
Police say the incident took place on Sunday, just before 5:30 a.m., when officers were called to the area of the Holiday Park mobile home park on Minor Lane, near Transglobal Drive, on a report of a person down. When officers arrived, they found a woman and had her taken to Norton Audubon Hospital for medical treatment.
The woman died shortly before 7 a.m. "after all life-saving measures were exhausted," Deputy Coroner Jeff Wheeler of the Jefferson County Coroner's Office said in a statement.
"It was discovered that she had suffered a gunshot wound to her torso area," Wheeler said.
LMPD spokesperson John Bradley said in a statement Tuesday afternoon the gunshot wound was "not obvious to personnel on scene."
The coroner's office on Monday night identified the woman as Martha Zuniga, 26. The arrest report identifies Zuniga as Cortez's girlfriend and the mother of his child.
Police say Cortez confessed to shooting the woman.
He was arrested and charged with murder. Cortez is currently being held in Louisville Metro Corrections.
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