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It should read....

An adult woman & the man who shot Cox and were both in the apartment. Neither has been identified by police.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- A Colorado Springs woman is the city's 22nd homicide this year, but the man who pulled the trigger may have been defending himself.

Cristen Ann Cox, 46, was killed at the Windtree Apartments on Paragon Drive at about 1 a.m. Saturday. Police said Cox showed up at her ex-boyfriend's apartment with a gun, then fired several shots at the lock on the door. They said Cox entered the apartment and then was shot by her ex-boyfriend, who was there with a woman.

Police said Cox died at the apartment from a gunshot wound to her torso.

Police have made no arrest, and said that the man and woman at the apartment have been cooperative with the investigation. CSPD will hand the case over to the district attorney's office for a final decision on whether criminal charges will be filed.

"Generally, we can make a fairly quick decision," said Dan May, Fourth Judicial District Attorney.

May can't comment yet on the case, but we talked to him about the state's Make My Day law.

"If someone breaks into your home and you think they're going to use any violence at all, you're allowed to defend yourself in any way you think appropriate, including deadly force," said May.

The law gives people much greater self-defense protections when they're at home.

"With the general self-defense law, you actually have to believe, 'They're about to kill me,' and you have to use the amount of force that's appropriate for the situation," explains May. "With Make My Day, you just have to believe, 'They're about to attack me,' is one difference. And the other is, you can use any amount of force you want."

May said the Make My Day law could still apply if an intruder doesn't fully enter a home.

"Even if you've just broken a screen door, you have broken into the home under Make My Day," said May