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SOUTH AFRICA -  Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius has been charged with murder after a shooting at his home in South Africa. 

Police in Pretoria say they received a call this morning from the home of the double-amputee, who's known as "blade runner." 

The caller said there had been a shooting at the residence.

When officers arrived, they found paramedics trying to revive a thirty-year-old woman, model Reeva Steenkamp, who had been shot an unspecified number of times. 

The woman died at the home. Officers say they found a nine-millimeter pistol at the scene.

They took the twenty-six-year-old runner into custody. He is expected to appear in court later today.

Pistorius made history at the London Olympics last year when he became the first double-amputee runner to compete on the track at the Olympics.      

At least one local news report claims Pistorius may have mistaken his girlfriend as an intruder and shot her.