SIDNEY, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a 53-year-old man has been arraigned on murder and weapons charges and is being held without bail in the slaying of a Sidney woman.

Cheyenne County Attorney Paul Schaub (shahb) on Thursday said Larry Martinez, of Sidney, is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of 30-year-old Mandy Kershman on Wednesday.

A court affidavit says Kershman was shot at the home of a friend who was in an office in the house and heard the shot. The witness says he soon saw a man he knew only as “Larry” drive away.

Martinez was arrested later Wednesday after his vehicle was pulled over on U.S. Highway 385 north of Sidney.

Martinez is due back in court on July 30. Court records don’t list the name of his attorney.