Cincinnati – A woman shot and killed a panhandler who asked her for 25 cents, police say.
“He asked her for a quarter,” Police Chief Tom Streicher said. “That’s apparently all there was to it.”
Donald Francis, who police believe was homeless, stood outside a gas station late Monday asking people for money. Geraldine Beasley had complained about Francis to someone else, and when he approached her, she shot him, police said.
Francis, 44, died at the scene.
Beasley, 62, was charged with murder and was ordered held Wednesday in lieu of $500,000 bail, according to court documents. Beasley’s attorney, Massimino Ionna, said Wednesday that there have been some allegations of mental illness with his client.
Beasley’s court record dates back 15 years with traffic charges, eviction cases and civil judgments both for and against her. She was fined in 2003 for improperly transporting a loaded gun after officers found one in her van.
