Woman pleads guilty to murder following shooting on Mineola Drive in VB

Virginia Beach Police have arrested Elizabeth Ashe, 24, of Virginia Beach and charged her with involuntary manslaughter in connection to a shooting death on Mineola Drive Saturday. (Photo – Virginia Beach Police Department)

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – The suspect in a February 2023 deadly shooting case pleaded guilty to charges in Virginia Beach Circuit Court Wednesday.

Elizabeth Ashe pleaded guilty to 2nd degree murder and unlawful discharge of a firearm in a building after shooting and killing 26-year-old Ashley McCoy in an apartment, in the 1000 block of Mineola Drive.

According to court documents, Ashe and McCoy were in a relationship and living together at the time of the incident. McCoy was laying in Ashe’s lap when she was shot in the back of the head.

In the court documents, officers detailed how they received a call from a neighbor who told them that Ashe had “accidentally shot her partner.” When police arrived on scene, they found Ashe performing CPR on the McCoy.

Ashe told police that she was cleaning the gun and thought she has taken all of the bullets out.

She is set to be sentenced on December 14.