July16 2026
A Memphis mother is accused of killing a man after he was caught hiding under her daughter’s bed. Kendra Scott, stated to police that she “saw a dude under my kids’ bed, and I did what I had to do.”
Officers say they responded to a shooting call and when they arrived at the scene, they found a man dead near the front porch. The m6a6n, who has been identified as Rodderius Morton, was pronounced dead after suffering from a gunshot wound to the back of his head.
A juvenile allegedly at the home told investigators Morton had been invited inside the home and came in through the back door at 1 a.m. The juvenile told them Scott came home around 1:30 a.m., knocking loudly at the front door and yelling, “Who’s at my house?” The juvenile stated that she was scared of Scott because she hd a gun in her hand, visibly angry, and that Scott previously told her, “if I see a boy in the house, then I will put a hole in his a**.” When the juvenile finally let Scott in the home, Morton was found hiding under a bed in the juvenile’s room, investigators said.
As Morton was leaving the residence, he and Scott got into a verbal argument, with Scott yelling to him, “Get out of my house, b****!” ws special needsOnce Scott and Morton made it to the front porch, the juvenile said she heard one gunshot.
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. Thursday, according to an arrest affidavit.
Daughter age 13
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A Memphis mother is accused of killing a man after he was caught hiding under her daughter’s bed. Kendra Scott, stated to police that she “saw a dude under my kids’ bed, and I did what I had to do.”
Officers say they responded to a shooting call and when they arrived at the scene, they found a man dead near the front porch. The m6a6n, who has been identified as Rodderius Morton, was pronounced dead after suffering from a gunshot wound to the back of his head.
A juvenile allegedly at the home told investigators Morton had been invited inside the home and came in through the back door at 1 a.m. The juvenile told them Scott came home around 1:30 a.m., knocking loudly at the front door and yelling, “Who’s at my house?” The juvenile stated that she was scared of Scott because she hd a gun in her hand, visibly angry, and that Scott previously told her, “if I see a boy in the house, then I will put a hole in his a**.” When the juvenile finally let Scott in the home, Morton was found hiding under a bed in the juvenile’s room, investigators said.
As Morton was leaving the residence, he and Scott got into a verbal argument, with Scott yelling to him, “Get out of my house, b****!” ws special needsOnce Scott and Morton made it to the front porch, the juvenile said she heard one gunshot.
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. Thursday, according to an arrest affidavit.
Daughter age 13
Memphis mom killed a man she found under 13-year-old daughter’s bed — now she’s charged with murder
The 36-year-old mother told officers she came home and “saw a dude under my kids’ bed. And I did what I had to do,” she said, per the affidavit.
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Man fatally shot was special needs student former teacher says.
