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On Monday, 22-year-old Aaliyah Johnson of South Burlington pleaded not guilty to a first-degree murder charge for the fatal shooting of a 30-year-old Stowe man over the weekend.Johnson was in court Monday in Burlington after she was charged in the death of Teville Williams, a man with whom she was allegedly shot and killed on the Church Street Marketplace in the early morning hours on Saturday. Johnson will be held without bail until a weight of the evidence hearing and a bail review. “She’s being held without bail at the state’s request, and so a hearing will be set in the next couple of weeks, and … it’ll be an evidentiary hearing to show that evidence of guilt is great and that she shouldn’t be released into the community,” said Sarah George, Chittenden County state’s attorney. No date has been set yet for Johnson’s next appearance.Court documents show that Johnson and Williams were removed from Red Square early Saturday morning after the two got into an altercation over an unpaid bar tab.Johnson claimed that, during the altercation, she spilled her drink on Williams, and he assaulted her inside the venue.Police said that once the two were outside, Johnson approached Williams on Church Street and shot him in front of the bar. When officers arrived at the scene, they say members of the public and an off-duty Burlington Police Department officer were attempting to render medical aid to Williams. However, police Chief Jon Murad also said that once officers took over efforts to provide medical care to Williams, they said they were hampered by a large crowd that had gathered at the scene.Murad said he and other responding officers had to push back the crowd in order to preserve the crime scene, which included shell casings, bullets and blood evidence.”Another officer approaching from a different direction located and apprehended a female suspect, Aaliyah Johnson, age 22, and recovered from her a .45 caliber pistol,” said Murad.Court documents show that Johnson told the arresting officer that the gun was legally registered to her and was being used for personal protection.She said that she feels unsafe with men in downtown Burlington.Burlington’s mayor, Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, said the situation highlights a need for stricter gun control when alcohol is involved.”We really need more common sense gun laws,” said Mulvaney-Stanak. “A few months ago, I was a legislator and sponsored H.98 for an example, which included Burlington’s charter change from eight-plus years ago to remove guns from places that serve alcohol. While this would not necessarily have prevented this necessarily, it is much overdue needed policy on a statewide level that certainly would not have hurt an incident like this in Burlington.”Burlington police are asking anyone who has information to contact the department at 802-658-2704. Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify the next steps for the trial.