Webster Parish deputies charged Lacey Mann with second-degree murder in the shooting death of her father, Earl Benson.

A second-degree murder booking is an accusation. It is not a conviction. Deputies say Benson was shot in the back and that a .22 revolver with every round fired was in the driver's seat of his vehicle. That is the sheriff's account of the scene. A jury has not heard it.

KSLA, citing the Webster Parish Sheriff's Office, reported that deputies were called around 5:53 p.m. Sunday and found Benson unresponsive with what appeared to be two gunshot wounds to his back. Mann was in the front yard and was taken into custody. The Webster Parish Journal, in an account carried by Magnolia Reporter, quoted Sheriff Jason Parker on the same arrest, the same two charges, and the same hold with no bond set. KTBS reported she is in the Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Center.

KSLA reported that a child called 911, and that deputies say Benson had told the child to call because of Mann's behavior. The station reported that when Benson and the child got out of a vehicle, Mann allegedly took a .22-caliber pistol from the center console, shot Benson, and chased the child. Deputies found a .22 revolver in the driver's seat with all five rounds fired, and gunshot-residue tests on both of Mann's hands were positive, KSLA reported. KTBS reported that the arresting deputy described an excited utterance in which she said she had shot him, and that she was also charged with battery of a police officer after the arrest. The child is not named here.

A positive residue test and a revolver with five spent rounds are evidence the state will use. They are not a verdict on second-degree murder, and the battery-of-an-officer count is a separate accusation about what happened after the arrest. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.