08-07-2025
Verona woman held on $2 million bond for fatal Sunday shooting
TUPELO – The Verona Police Department has charged a woman with murder following a fatal shooting Sunday afternoon on the west side of town.
Verona Police Chief Marsenio Nunn said officers responded around 4:45 p.m. on July 6 to a shooting in the area of 107 Arizona Drive. The responding officers secured the scene, collected evidence and began interviewing witnesses.
The preliminary investigation indicated that two women got into a confrontation, which escalated to at least one shot being fired and one person being injured.
The victim, later identified as Iesha Listenbee, 34, of Verona, was pronounced dead at the North Mississippi Medical Center later that night. No other injuries were reported.
Ashley K. Gray, 34, of Tall Oaks Avenue, Verona, was arrested shorting after the shooting. Gray lived just a half-mile from the site of the shooting. She was booked into the Lee County Adult Jail July 6 at 5:53 p.m. on an investigative hold. By Monday afternoon, she had been charged with murder, and she was being held on a $2 million bond.
Nunn said the investigation is ongoing. Anyone with any information please contact the Verona Police Department at 662-566-2215 or Crime Stoppers of Northeast Mississippi at 800-773-TIPS (8477).
