A Newhall woman was charged with murder after shooting her boyfriend outside a San Fernando Valley bar.

A 25-year-old woman has been charged with shooting her boyfriend to death in the parking lot of a Canoga Park bar, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday.

Deputy District Attorney Julie Kramer said Reyanna Villarreal of Newhall faces one count of murder with allegations that she used a handgun and caused great bodily injury and death.

Villarreal pleaded not guilty to the charges yesterday and is scheduled back in court on May 18 in Department S of the Los Angeles County Superior Court, San Fernando Branch was filed on March 7.

The defendant is charged with killing her boyfriend, Jose Mendoza, 21, in a parking lot near a bar on the 22000 block of Roscoe Boulevard on March 5, the prosecutor said.

Bail is set at $3 million. Villarreal faces a possible maximum sentence of 40 years to life in state prison if convicted as charged.

The case remains under investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department.

Ed. Note: This above information was provided to KHTS by the L.A. District Attorney’s Office.

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