Boyfriend arrested after woman found dead inside Bensalem Sleep Inn, police say
A Trenton man is facing homicide charges after police say he shot and killed his girlfriend inside a Bensalem, Pennsylvania hotel room on Wednesday.
Bensalem Township Police said they found 49-year-old Maisha Coon's body inside her room at the Sleep Inn on Street Road the morning of Jan. 15 after a family member notified police that Coon's boyfriend, 51-year-old Orenthia Upshur, had told them he had shot Coon.
The family member told officers around 5 a.m. that he heard Coon and Upshur arguing on a phone call around midnight, and that the couple had been fighting recently.
Police in Bucks County investigated the tip around 4:30 a.m., the same morning Trenton Police responded to a shots fired call near the intersection of Parkside Avenue and Oak Lane.
At the scene, Bensalem Police said Trenton officers heard more gunshots and saw an armed man run into a nearby home. More gunshots were fired from inside the house as police surrounded the residence, but eventually, the Mercer County Tactical Response Team was able to get inside and arrest Upshur.
Police said the gun they believe was used to shoot Coon was found at the Trenton scene.
Upshur remains in custody in New Jersey, and Bensalem Police said detectives and the Bucks County District Attorney's Office plan to charge him with homicide and other counts in the coming days.