Update: Prentiss County Man Accused Of Shooting His Mother

John Ed Inman
Source: Prentiss County Sheriff’s Office

PRENTISS COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A Prentiss County man is charged with first degree murder in the shooting death of his mother.

John Ed Inman, 54, was found in an idling vehicle shortly after the shooting Wednesday evening.

The shooting happened at the home Inman shared with his mother, 85 year-old Letha Pace, on Highway 4, in the New Site community.

Prentiss County Sheriff Randy Tolar says Pace was shot and a weapon was recovered at the scene.

A motive has not been determined.

Bond is expected to be set Friday.