Kendra Scott Charged in 36-Year-Old Memphis Mother's Fatal Shooting of Man Under Child's Bed
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Updated · Action News 5 · Jul 20
Kendra Scott Charged in 36-Year-Old Memphis Mother's Fatal Shooting of Man Under Child's Bed
3 articles · Updated · Action News 5 · Jul 20
Summary
Memphis police charged 36-year-old Kendra Scott with first-degree murder and employing a firearm after a man was found shot in the back of the head in her front yard at 1:45 a.m. Thursday.
Scott told officers she found the man under her child’s bed and “did what I had to do,” but an affidavit says the juvenile had invited him inside and recalled Scott warning she would “put a hole” in any boy brought home.
Buddy Smith, a retired officer and self-defense trainer, said the known facts do not fit Tennessee’s Castle Doctrine because the affidavit does not allege the man threatened Scott or anyone else at that moment.
Neighbors were split over the shooting, with one sympathizing over a man being in a child’s room and another saying Scott should have called police instead.
Scott is due in court Monday, and her bond had not been set in the latest report.