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Fort Myers man charged with murder in domestic dispute schedule to face judge in court

Posted at 5:23 AM, Nov 15, 2017
and last updated 2017-11-15 16:28:21-05

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- A man accused of killing his child's mother during a domestic dispute will face a judge Wednesday morning. 

50-year-old Freddie Harris' first court appearance is schedule for 8:00 a.m. Harris is accused of killing Chantill Harrison during a domestic dispute early Tuesday morning. 

Harris is also being charged with two counts of assault on an officer and one count of child abuse.

It happened inside a home on Towles Street off Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in Fort Myers. Police arrested him after a 30-minute standoff. 

4 In Your Corner looked into some of Harris' previous arrests and found he was charged in 2013 with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon against Chantill and ordered to have no contact with her. Other previous charges include robbery, assault on an officer, grand theft, burglary and shooting into a building. 

4 In Your Corner will be in the courtroom Wednesday morning and will update this story when new details become available.