A woman suspected of killing her husband in DeKalb County nearly two years ago was arrested in Alabama, authorities said.
Iesha Harmon, 44, was apprehended Monday by the Phenix City (Ala.) Police Department, Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Marshals Service. She was booked into the Russell County (Ala.) Jail at about 4 p.m., deputies said.
Harmon had several outstanding warrants out of DeKalb, including murder, the Muscogee sheriff’s office said.
On Sept. 19, 2022, Harmon is accused of fatally shooting her husband, Shedrick Harmon, 44, in the 2400 block of Charleston Terrace in DeKalb, according to police and an indictment obtained Tuesday. Harmon was originally charged with involuntary manslaughter after police said she “handled the gun improperly and squeezed the trigger,” causing the weapon to fire, her arrest warrants stated.
Shedrick Harmon was taken to a hospital in critical condition and later died, while Iesha Harmon was arrested at the scene. At the time, police said she did not intend to kill her husband.
Harmon was granted a $10,000 bond two days after the shooting and was not involved in any incidents over the next 500 days, prosecutors wrote in a motion last month.
But on Jan. 23, she was indicted on charges of murder, malice murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. A warrant was then issued for her arrest.
Harmon was previously convicted in Muscogee Superior Court in 2009 of violating the Georgia Controlled Substances Act, according to the indictment.
Officials have not said exactly what led to the upgraded murder charges. Records show that separate search warrants were filed in March 2023 and June 2023 to seize and search two cellphones that police said were connected to the incident.
“Our office conducted a thorough investigation of the shooting and uncovered new evidence that supported upgrading the charges,” DeKalb District Attorney’s Office spokeswoman Claire Chaffins said.
Chaffins said the DA’s office was working to extradite Harmon back to DeKalb.
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