A man in Jefferson County has confessed responsibility for last year’s fatal shooting of his 29-year-old son. 

Henry Edward Freeman, 52, was recognized as the attacker by his son, Dandrei Stepfon Freeman before he died. Henry Edward Freeman was first charged with capital murder for the incident that happened on August 21, 2022.

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Who is Henry Edward Freeman?

Henry Edward Freeman is 52 years old. He amended his plea to guilty on Thursday, accepting a lesser charge of murder and admitting to firing a gun into a moving vehicle. 

He received a life sentence for the murder conviction and a 20-year term for the weapons conviction from Jefferson County Circuit Judge Alaric May. This case’s trial was slated to begin in November. 

The Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of gunfire on that Sunday just before 11 p.m. when they were at the 1800 block of Pebble Lake Circle. Following an investigation, it was discovered that a domestic violence event had occurred inside a house nearby.

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District Attorney Joe Roberts claimed that Henry Freeman and his wife, Nicole Washington, got into a physical altercation. Henry Freeman turned his rage on his son after Dandrei Freeman stepped in to defend his mother.

Dandrei and his mother were able to flee the scene, but the defendant barricaded himself in and pursued them, according to Roberts. He also stated that “Dandrei and his mother fled the scene, but the defendant got a gun and pursued them.”

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Henry Freeman left the scene after the shooting. Later, deputies located the wounded son in the woods, where he had taken hiding after being shot. In the beginning, Henry Freeman was also accused of attempting to kill his wife by shooting her. Roberts clarified on Thursday, though, that the dismissal of the charge was due to Washington’s lack of cooperation with the prosecution.