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re: Mother charged with murder after shooting man found under 13-year-old daughter's bed

Posted on 7/21/26 at 10:54 am to
Posted by Ricardo
Member since Sep 2016
6778 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 10:54 am to
quote:

Kendra Scott was arrested after police found a 20-year-old man dead from a gunshot wound in the back of his head outside her Memphis home


Maybe his head flew out the window and the body was still inside.
Posted by tigeraddict
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2007
15236 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 10:58 am to
cant force a perp outside your house at gunpoint, then soot them in the back of the head in the front yard

had she shot him when she found him under the bed, should could have a better defense.

accept a plea on a lesser offense, like man slaughter, or go with "crime of passion/heat of the moment" an hope a jury will go along


Posted by Hondo Blacksheep
Member since Jul 2022
3616 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 11:06 am to
Though not first degree murder ... he big time provoked the encounter, no doubt wormed his way out from under the bed and threw on pants and shoes and grabbed the rest and tried to split, because jail time cometh when you frick with a thirteen year old.

No real cooling off period, and almost certainly one continuous event, in other words not instigating a new event.

Sounds like (possibly justified) voluntary manslaughter to me.

Maybe SFP will take up her cause for CLE hours /jk
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
31373 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 11:12 am to
Not guilty.
Posted by Ryan3232
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Member since Dec 2008
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Posted on 7/21/26 at 11:16 am to
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Kendra Scott was arrested after police found a 20-year-old man dead from a gunshot wound in the back of his head outside her Memphis home just before 2 a.m
Assuming there are no cameras anywhere, this is when you drag the body back in the house.


Mom is going to see some prison time unfortunately. But happy she got a POS off the streets.
Edit: Also curious how a jury will look at this considering the 13-year-old let the person in the house. Not that the mother probably knew of this at the time of the shooting, but this combined with shooting the back of the head won't end well for the mom.
This post was edited on 7/21/26 at 11:18 am
Posted by Sam Quint
Member since Sep 2022
9696 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 11:17 am to
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Not guilty.

yeah, unless there's a whole lot more to the story, i dont give a shite if it WAS execution style out on the front lawn.

Posted by real turf fan
East Tennessee
Member since Dec 2016
12312 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 11:22 am to
The Mother has more than one daughter in that home.
quote:

that hurts that someone was in there with one of her little girls,

was down in the linked story.
So which daughters was the 20 year old planning to entertain at 2a.m. The locked front door upset the mother who wondered what was going on. And who couldn't unlock the door in the earliest hours of the morning.
Posted by DustyDinkleman
Here
Member since Feb 2012
20614 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 11:24 am to
”Diamond in the Rough: The Kendra Scott Story”

Forthcoming Netflix Documentary
Posted by cyarrr
Prairieville
Member since Jun 2017
4381 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 11:26 am to
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She shot him in the back of the head outside of the home. That's going to be murder.


Likely voluntary manslaughter if committed in the heat of the moment. Depends on the facts.
Posted by RohanGonzales
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Member since Apr 2024
12971 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 11:27 am to
quote:

people heard the gunshot


Dammit Columbo!
Posted by Sam Quint
Member since Sep 2022
9696 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 11:27 am to
quote:


”Diamond in the Rough: The Kendra Scott Story”

Forthcoming Netflix Documentary

starring Timothee Chalamet
Posted by idlewatcher
Planet Arium
Member since Jan 2012
99441 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 11:41 am to
Few other tidbits to this story

- The mom is black
- The dead pedo had "learning disabilities" which is different culturally from my experience. When black folks have learning disabilities, they are usually retarded. In white culcha, usually it means they have ADHD.
- She got a $100K bond
- They may reduce the charges (as they should b/c she'll never get convicted on Murder 1)
Posted by Byron Bojangles III
Member since Nov 2012
52875 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 11:58 am to
quote:

First-degree murder? Nah.

Manslaughter, perhaps, but no jail time. Mom did what she had to do to protect her child.

Now, she needs to put the fear of God into her slutty little 13-year-old.
She had by chasing him out of the house. at that point he was no longer a danger to anyone you don't shoot someone in the back of the head while they run away. attacking someone is one thing, running away is another.
Posted by Captain Rumbeard
Member since Jan 2014
7582 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 12:09 pm to
Not guilty.

Next case.
Posted by TygerLyfe
Member since May 2023
4438 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 12:10 pm to
Kill them all
Posted by jizzle6609
Houston
Member since Jul 2009
21478 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 12:12 pm to
quote:


cant force a perp outside your house at gunpoint, then soot them in the back of the head in the front yard



You sure about that? I think this woman did just that.


If Im selected to the jury its just an unfortunate accident. She ran after him and the gun fell out of her hand and discharged. Sucks.
Posted by Chucktown_Badger
The banks of the Ashley River
Member since May 2013
37708 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 12:16 pm to
quote:

it sounds like an over-charge and she might get off.


Unlike the victim.
Posted by supadave3
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2005
32492 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 12:24 pm to
This is a gotundme that I would consider. She did the world a favor as he would have tried this shite again.
Posted by dallastigers
Member since Dec 2003
11143 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 12:28 pm to
The daughter invited him in while the mom was out somewhere late at night with the 13 year old daughter by herself at the house after midnight, and the mom shot him in the back of the head when he was already outside the front door and leaving.

quote:

gunshot wound in the back of his head outside her Memphis home just before 2 a.m


If she had shot him under the kid’s bed or in the kid’s bedroom when she first got in the house and let in to the kid’s bedroom this would be an easier self defense claim, but she can’t use self defense when guy was following her instructions and leaving. Depending on the state laws she might be able to get to a lesser homicide charge due to state of mind at the time, but marching him out the door first kind of hurts that.
Posted by 0
Member since Aug 2011
18314 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 12:34 pm to
quote:

teen daughter told cops she invited the man


Daughter should have left that part out. Dude was sick trying to frick a 13 year old but he was invited into the home and apparently tried to leave when the mom told him he was not welcome. This is going to end up being a murder charge unless there is more to the story that have not mentioned.
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