COLLIERVILLE, Tenn. (localmemphis.com)– A Memphis pastor is dead, killed at his Collierville apartment Thursday night, and indications are the accused shooter wasn’t his wife.
According to the senior pastor at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church on Facebook, the victim was executive pastor Brodes Perry.
Collierville Police said the shooting stemmed from a domestic dispute at the Meridian Park Apartments where records show, and residents confirmed, Perry lived.
Latoshia Daniels, who records show had an affiliation with Perry’s former church in Little Rock, is accused of first-degree murder and other charges.
Neighbors described the chaotic moments as they heard several gunshots and screams in a complex where crime is rare and shootings – domestic or random – are even more rare.
“It was surprising, definitely not expected here,” Cade Kirkendall, who lives in the complex, said.
The sounds from outside his open patio door jolted Kirkendall last night.
“I think there were like 5 or 6 gunshots in the first kind of blast and then there was a little bit of a delay a woman screaming and then I heard some more, probably five more,” Kirkendall said.
He said when he looked towards building 1681 in the complex, he saw officers draw their guns before paramedics arrived.
“I saw them bring the gentleman down in a stretcher, I saw the woman come down, she had obviously been shot in the shoulder,” Kirkendall said.
Several people confirm to Local 24 News that gentleman who was shot – and later died – was a Memphis pastor, Brodes Perry and that the injured woman was his wife.
Collivrville Police arrested and charged Latoshia Daniels, a certified anger management specialist, but have not said what her motive was in the shooting she is charged with committing.
In a statement, Mississippi Boulevard’s senior pastor said Perry “was a phenomenal man….whose service and heart will truly be missed by all.”
Daniels is being held without bond. Her first hearing is scheduled for Tuesday in Collierville Town Court.
