LEE TOWNSHIP, Mich. — The Allegan County Sheriff’s Office told FOX 17 Friday evening that deputies are investigating a homicide. On Monday, deputies said that a man is officially facing charges for 1st Degree Murder.
James Edward Rawsom Jr., 38, was arraigned in court and has been charged with 1st Degree Murder along with Assault with Intent to Commit Murder and two counts of Poessession of a Firearm during Commission of a Felony.
Deputies say the shooting took place around 4:30 pm on Friday, on a property off 104th Avenue, east of 56th Street, near Pullman in Lee Township.
A woman called police and said her ex-husband shot her in the head.
When deputies arrived, they found the woman alert, but say she had been shot several times.
The woman told the sheriff's office she had been shot at a nearby home, but she was able to drive away in her car and call 911.
Deputies then went into the home where the shooting happened and found a 21-year-old man, dead from apparent gunshot wounds, laying in the driveway.
The sheriff's office says the suspect surrendered and was taken into custody.
Sheriff Frank Baker told FOX 17 Friday evening that there is no threat to the public.
In the meantime, the sheriff's office has not released the name of the victims.
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