A Tennessee woman marched her daughter to a police station after watching security video of the aftermath of the fatal shooting of a man over $60 in Memphis.
Memphis police said the body of the deceased man was found just before 8 a.m. Monday near Fillmore Street in Cherokee Park. Surveillance camera footage showed a woman running from the park around the time the man was believed to have been killed.
That night, Chante Jones watched the news and was shocked to realize that the woman in the video looked exactly like her daughter.
“I don’t condone violence. I don’t do it. If you do something, you’re going to pay for it,” Jones said. Go to WHBQ TV.
The next day, she took her daughter to the homicide detective’s office.
According to court records, 26-year-old Kenyatta Hayes told police she saw the man at the Marathon gas station on Lamar Street and offered to pay her $60 for oral sex. She said she intended to rob him and that she did not intend to participate in oral sex.
When Hayes and the man arrived at the park, Hayes shot the man to take $60, police said. She told police that “she was hungry for money,” and that she used the money to buy two hot wing combo meals for herself and her boyfriend, police said. .
She acknowledged that the woman in the video was her daughter, but said she did not believe she pulled the trigger.
But police charged Hayes with first-degree murder in the robbery.Judge Ronald Lucchesi I told Hayes. The court on Thursday ruled that if convicted, he could face the death penalty or life in prison.
Mr Jones issued a warning to young people who are at risk of getting into trouble.
“Think about what you’re doing,” she said. “They need to be leaders, not followers, and be careful who they hang out with.”
Hayes said she had $13 left over after purchasing the combo, prompting many to comment on social media that inflation was affecting the price of chicken wings.
a recent reports According to research, the homicide rate in Memphis and surrounding areas rose 50% in 2023 from the previous year, and crime rates overall increased from 2022.
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