JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - A woman is behind bars after an early morning shooting left a man dead in Jones County on Monday.

The Jones County Sheriff’s Department arrested Joanna Husband, 46, and charged her with second-degree murder.

The victim of the shooting has been identified as Donnie Bender, Jr.

According to JCSD, deputies and medics responded to a reported shooting at a home on Graves Road in Jones County.

When they arrived, they found a man who had been shot. EMServ transported him to South Central Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Deputies detained Husband for questioning on Monday morning. Her arrest was announced shortly before noon.

JCSD says that the shooting is an isolated incident and that there is no ongoing threat to the community. The Jones C

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