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Woman accused in East St. Louis shooting death

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[EAST ST. LOUIS - A woman is accused in the shooting death of a man in East St. Louis, and police are pursuing more possible charges.

Prosecutors in St. Clair County have charged 23-year-old Portia McGuire of East St. Louis with first-degree murder.

Police say 21-year-old Tremaine Rush was shot in the head Friday night as he stood outside an apartment building. He later died at a local hospital.

East St. Louis police Detective Michael Floore tells the Belleville News-Democrat (http://bit.ly/uak2jT) that a second person was in custody and was expected to be charged in the case.