Lici Beveridge

Breaking News Reporter

Lamar County Sheriff Danny Rigel said Breanna Conerly, 24, of Columbia was charged Monday with murder after a 24-year-old woman died Sunday afternoon from a single gunshot wound she sustained early Saturday morning in Lamar County.

Iesha Magee, 24, was shot around 3 a.m. Saturday near Shears Road behind the Hattiesburg Lowe's, said Lamar County Coroner Cody Creel.

Her body is being sent to the state crime lab in Jackson for autopsy.

Conerly initially was charged with aggravated assault, but the charge was upgraded after Magee's death.

She is expected to make an initial court appearance Tuesday morning in Lamar County Justice Court.