MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Senatobia, Mississippi man is charged with second-degree murder after authorities say he shot a woman after a vehicle accident Sunday afternoon.
According to the Tate County Sheriff’s Department, Larhonda Jasmine Jackson and Demarcus Wooten were driving in a car together when they got into an argument. Friends and family say Jackson was Wooten’s girlfriend.
The sheriff’s department said their car hit a tree. That’s when Wooten pulled out a gun and shot Jackson in the torso.
Jackson didn’t survive. A family friend says one of Jackson’s three young children was riding in the back seat of the car. Deputies say the child was not seriously injured.
Herman Collins is Jackson’s cousin.
“I’ve been knowing her since she was that tall,” he said with tears in his eyes. “It’s just tough.”
Malcolm Jones says he’s known Jackson and Wooten for years and says he can’t believe the allegations.
“He’s a nice guy. This is out of his character. This is nothing like him,” Jones said. “Don’t nobody believe he did that. Nobody believe he did that.”
Wooten, 38, is charged with Second Degree Murder.
WREG is attempting to gather more information on this story.
