67-Year-Old Woman Charged In Boyfriend's Riverside County Killing

MEAD VALLEY, CA — A 67-year-old woman accused of gunning down her boyfriend during a domestic dispute in Mead Valley was charged Wednesday with murder and other offenses.

Dani Susan Runyan of Mead Valley was arrested Saturday following a Riverside County Sheriff's Department investigation into the slaying of 65-year-old Steven Fineran, also of Mead Valley.

Along with the murder count, Runyan is charged with sentence-enhancing gun and great bodily injury allegations.

She is being held in lieu of $1 million bail at the Smith Correctional Facility in Banning and was slated to make her initial court appearance Wednesday afternoon at the Riverside Hall of Justice.

According to sheriff's Sgt. Jose Ayala, shortly after 6 p.m. Friday, the defendant and Fineran were involved in an unspecified domestic confrontation at their shared residence in the 18000 block of Alexander Street.

During the dispute, Runyan pulled a handgun and shot the victim one time, Ayala alleged.

Patrol deputies and paramedics were called to the residence and discovered Fineran dead.

Central Homicide Unit detectives took over the investigation, culminating in the defendant being taken into custody without incident six hours later.

She has no documented prior felony or misdemeanor convictions in Riverside County.