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Woman claims self-defense after arrest for shooting man in back
https://www.actionnews5.com/2023/05/09/woman-claims-self-defense-after-arrest-shooting-man-back/ ^ | 5/9/2023 | Myracle Evans

Posted on 05/09/2023 3:04:56 PM PDT by simpson96

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A woman shot and killed a man at a gas station on Ridgeway Road, according to Memphis Police Department.

Memphis police arrested Teneler Mathis, and she is charged with first-degree murder.

A black Cadillac with Tennessee tags drove on the Marathon Gas Station lot located at 3233 Ridgeway Road around 10:18 a.m. on May 7.

According to the affidavit, Teneler Mathis exited the driver’s side of the car with a handgun in her right hand while the passenger switched seats.

In the surveillance video, Mathis allegedly walked up to the victim and shot him in the back.

The victim fell to the ground as the suspect struck him with the handgun and kicked the victim, said police.

After a physical altercation with the victim, Mathis returned to the Cadillac and was last seen going north on Ridgeway Road.

Jeremy Henry was taken to the hospital after experiencing multiple gunshot wounds. He did not survive.

The suspect claims that Henry attacked her and fired shots in self-defense, but surveillance video suggests otherwise, according to the affidavit.


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1 posted on 05/09/2023 3:04:56 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: simpson96

She shot him. She struck him with the handgun. She then kicked him.

I’d say she didn’t like the victim very much, What say you?


2 posted on 05/09/2023 3:08:54 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Donald Trump is a setting sun. Ron DeSantis is a rising star.)
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To: simpson96

Obviously there is more to this shooting than the cited story details. But I fail to see a self-defense angle in it.


3 posted on 05/09/2023 3:12:39 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

“I’d say she didn’t like the victim very much, What say you?”

But it was in a defensive kind of way. He should have been glad she didn’t fear/hate him and might have really done some damage.

wy69


4 posted on 05/09/2023 3:15:56 PM PDT by whitney69
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To: Rummyfan

Maybe he had eyes in the back of his head


5 posted on 05/09/2023 3:16:04 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Responsibility2nd

I’m thinking she might has known him.


6 posted on 05/09/2023 3:19:39 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: simpson96

Appears to be a rather disturbed individual.

7 posted on 05/09/2023 3:20:00 PM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Maybe he was Kolak from the planet Twilo. Did he look like Danny Thomas?


8 posted on 05/09/2023 3:21:12 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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9 posted on 05/09/2023 3:21:24 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: simpson96

Rabid animals should be put down.


10 posted on 05/09/2023 3:27:23 PM PDT by Dave911
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To: Rummyfan
Possible that he threatened her earlier and she decided to strike first.

And yes I can see that as self defense in certain cases.

Someone tells me that are going to kill me I do not have the luxury of assuming that they are a liar.

However in this case, lacking any sort of background, I would say that this does not appear to be self defense.

11 posted on 05/09/2023 3:37:07 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Follow the money. Even if it leads you to someplace horrible it will still lead you to the truth.)
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So can one shoot a threat if the threat is walking backward towards you? What about if they are running for cover but holding a gun?

The second a person is a threat, that person never stops being a threat in my mind. Of course most idiots on juries do not think as I do.


12 posted on 05/09/2023 3:46:20 PM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: simpson96

Teneler Mathis


13 posted on 05/09/2023 3:48:29 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperately need him)
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To: Menehune56

On it’s neck...is that a tattoo of a pair of..

...never mind


14 posted on 05/09/2023 3:51:43 PM PDT by SheepWhisperer ("Many are the plans in a person's heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails.")
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To: simpson96

Do we have a picture of the victim?


15 posted on 05/09/2023 3:53:32 PM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.)
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To: simpson96

She seems nice.


16 posted on 05/09/2023 3:53:50 PM PDT by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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To: Menehune56

WHAT IS IT? Male or female?


17 posted on 05/09/2023 4:07:52 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: simpson96

Mark of Cain


18 posted on 05/09/2023 4:24:29 PM PDT by InkStone (ONLY returning to Faith in God, thru Jesus Yeshua, will save America)
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To: simpson96

MEMPHIS, Tenn

Chicago south


19 posted on 05/09/2023 4:34:27 PM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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To: Menehune56

The tattoo looks like ball sacks.


20 posted on 05/09/2023 6:16:32 PM PDT by roving (👌⚓)
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