JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) -
A second person has died in a bizarre incident Monday that first appeared to be a fatal vehicle accident but has now become a double homicide.
The Hinds County Coroner's Office confirms Lenora Freeman, 37, died from a gunshot wound to the head Tuesday afternoon.
Jackson police have a man in custody in connection with the incident.
Officer Colendula Green says 41-year-old Jessie Freeman turned himself in to police Monday afternoon.
Authorities have not confirmed if Lenora Freeman and Jessie Freeman are husband and wife. However, Lenora Freeman is listed as the property owner at Jessie Freeman's last known address.
Jessie Freeman has been charged with murder and aggravated assault, after two people were found shot inside a wrecked vehicle on Interstate 55 Frontage Road Monday morning.
Forty-year-old Allen Lee Ramsey II, the driver of the vehicle, died at the scene Monday from two gunshot wounds.
Lenora Freeman, the passenger, was transported to University of Mississippi Medical Center in critical condition.
The vehicle, a red Chevy truck, with a Rankin County personalized tag, RED5LED, was flipped on it's side on I-55 Frontage Road southbound in front of the Studio 6 Motel just north of the Beasley Road intersection.
Sources say Jessie Freeman had confronted Lenora Freeman and Ramsey shortly before the shooting.
A black Pontiac Firebird driven by Jessie Freeman fled the scene. It was later found in the north parking lot at St. Dominic's Hospital.
Freeman gave police an address on Eastside Drive in Brandon as his home.
Monday was Jessie Freeman's birthday.
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