An arrest has been made in the fatal Nov. 29 shooting of 27-year-old Black Oklahoma mother Martika Ferguson.

According to the Enid News & Eagle, 30-year-old Shane Dale Perosi, who is white, has confessed to the killing.

On Dec. 2, he was booked and charged with first-degree murder, destruction of evidence and possession of a firearm after felony conviction at the Garfield County Detention Facility.

In November, the Enid Police Department responded to a woman's 911 call regarding a dead female body in an alleyway of the 700 block of West Nagel, the publication reported. Officers arrived on the scene and discovered a slain Ferguson. Detectives were called in to investigate the woman's killing.

News 9 reported that Ferguson's family, friends and coworkers are distraught by the woman's death.

Her mother, Effie Ferguson, spoke to the news channel regarding her daughter's death.

"All of my family has been calling and coming over," the grieving mother told News 9. "That kind of lets you know it's real, and it has to be coped with."

"My first thought was, 'are they going to come after us,'" she continued. "Who all are they after? What could she have done that was so awful that they would just shoot her? She wasn't an awful girl."

Effie also had to break the devastating news to her 8-year-old grandson, News 9 reported.

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