JAY COUNTY, Ind. (WPTA21) - The head coach and assistant coach of the softball team at an Ohio high school just over the Indiana line are now charged in the shooting death of a Jay County man.

Court documents filed in the case point to frustrations in a child custody battle between the victim and one of the suspects.

Esther J. Stephen, 29, of Portland, and Shelby N. Hiestand, 18, also of Portland, are facing murder charges in the death of Shea Briar.

Sunday morning, Shea Briar was found suffering from a gunshot wound on County Road 125 W. near County Road 850 N in Jay County.

An autopsy found he died from a gunshot wound from a small-caliber bullet.

According to charging documents filed Wednesday, Stephen and Heistand admitted to the crime.

Stephen and Briar had a child together.

Briar had recently filed in court a petition to establish parenting time rights for their child and asked the court to change the child's last name.

In an interview with investigators on Tuesday, Stephen told police she was angry about the child custody dispute.

Stephen and Hiestand both told investigators they went to Hiestand's house to pick up a .22 caliber rifle and ammunition.

Police said they then dropped off Stephen's child at a friend's house on Saturday, Jan 11, and went to Fairview United Methodist Church on County Road 200 S.

Court documents claim that's when they put the rifle in the back of the vehicle.

Stephen said she called Briar around midnight on Sunday and asked him if he wanted to hang out that night.

He agreed, and Stephen and Hiestand picked Briar up at his home and drove to a bridge on County Road 125 West in Jay County.

Once they made it to the bridge, everyone got out of the vehicle.

Stephen told investigators she distracted Briar so that Hiestand could get the rifle out of the car.

Hiestand then shot him in the back, both women told police.

Shea Briar and Esther Stephen were due in court for a hearing on the custody case on Feb. 5.

Stephen and Hiestand are the head coach and assistant coach of the Fort Recovery High School softball team in Ohio, respectively.

Both coaches were put on administrative leave.

Fort Recovery Local Schools said in a Facebook post both coaches are not allowed on school property without written permission from the Superintendent.