A domestic dispute in the early morning hours in Ellisville, Mississippi, ended with 32-year-old Donnie Ray Bender Jr. shot and later pronounced dead at South Central Regional Medical Center in Laurel. Ambulance medics found Bender at a residence on Graves Road with gunshot injuries and he did not survive.

His girlfriend, 46-year-old Joanna Husband, also known as Jonna Husband, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder. Reports say an altercation between the couple preceded the shooting; after the incident Husband left the residence, reportedly tripped and broke her ankle, and was seen in a wheelchair during her initial appearance in Jones County Justice Court. A judge set bond at $250,000. The Jones County Sheriff’s Department described the shooting as an isolated incident and said there is no ongoing threat to the public.

Funeral services for Donnie Bender Jr. were scheduled at Shiloh M.B. Church in Ellisville with burial at Benson Cemetery. Does anyone have information about the events on Graves Road that morning or witnessed the couple before the shooting?