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Prosecutors have charged a 28-year-old concealed-carry permit holder with homicide in the fatal shooting of a Milwaukee man.

Octavia W. Dodson faces a charge of second-degree intentional homicide in the March 25 death of Deshun T. Freeman, 21, who police initially said was shot during an argument after a minor car crash.

Court records show Dodson was charged after discrepancies in his account about the circumstances of the shooting. Dodson remained jailed Monday on $75,000 bail and is expected in court Thursday for a preliminary hearing.

According to the criminal complaint:

Several people called 911 about 10:50 p.m. March 25 to report hearing gunshots near N. 10th St. and W. Concordia Ave.

Dodson was among those who called 911, and he told police he shot a man who had "pulled a gun" on him. Dodson said he had left the scene, was armed and would turn himself in to police.

The city's ShotSpotter system, a series of sensors that captures the sound of gunfire and pinpoints its location, detected six gunshots near the intersection, and officers found two bullet holes lodged in a house at that location.

Officers saw Freeman lying facedown in the street. He had been shot three times, including once in the head. No firearms, bullets or holster were found on him.

Officers found numerous shell casings about 10 feet away from Freeman, and a green Buick Park Avenue was parked nearby. The car was running and had its headlights on. The doors were closed and there was no window tint.

Other investigators went to a home on N. 9th St. to locate Dodson. Inside the house, Dodson directed officers to a 9mm gun on the coffee table. Next to the gun was an extended magazine with 17-round capacity. It was loaded with 11 rounds. Officers found two 10-round magazines each loaded to capacity inside a green four-door Mercury Grand Marquis parked outside the house.

In interviews with various detectives, Dodson said he was driving north on N. Teutonia Ave. when he was rear-ended while stopped at a red light.

He described the car that hit him as a blue Buick with a bluish-purple window tint and no front license plate. He said he got out of his car to see if there was damage and said the other car involved continued on Teutonia.

He first claimed he went to his relative's house but later said he followed the other car before losing sight of it.

He was driving on W. Concordia Ave., just past N. 11th St., when a car came speeding up behind him. That car pulled over and parked on the side of the road.

Dodson told police he recognized the car as the one that had rear-ended him and he, too, pulled over and stopped. Dodson said a man got out of the car, yelled an expletive and ran toward him with his hands in his pockets or under his shirt.

Dodson initially told detectives he fired from sitting inside his car and never got out of the vehicle, but he later said he left his car and shot the man from a standing position. Dodson recalled shooting his gun three times.

"I felt that threat wasn't fair," Dodson told investigators. "There was no need."

Dodson watched the man fall to the ground and then drove to his relative's house, where he called 911.

Police noted discrepancies in Dodson's description of the striking car — color, window tint and no front plate — and the car parked near Freeman. The investigation is ongoing into whether Freeman was involved in the car accident at all.

Dodson has not been charged with a crime before in Wisconsin, according to online court records. The state Department of Justice issued him a concealed-carry permit on July 29, 2014.

Freeman was the second member of his family slain in March. His pregnant sister, Tamecca Perry, was killed earlier in an unrelated shooting.

The suspect in that case, Shanika S. Minor, 24, was charged with homicide in the deaths of Perry and her unborn child. A warrant was issued for Minor's arrest, and she remained at large Monday.