Tennessee Woman Accused of Murdering Man, Robbed Him, Used Money to Order Hot Wings Combos: Cops
May 11 2024, Published 12:05 p.m. ET
A Tennessee woman has been arrested after police claim she fatally shot a man and then stole money from him to buy some hot wings.
Around 7:45 a.m. on May 6, officers in Memphis found the gunshot victim, according to the Memphis Police Department, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Officers obtained surveillance video from the area, which they then shared on the department's Facebook page. The footage revealed a person of interest in the murder.
On May 7, a woman called police and said her daughter, 26-year-old Kenyetta Hayes, was the person in the video and she later escorted her to speak with investigators, according to WREG-TV.
Hayes claimed the victim allegedly offered to pay her $60 for oral sex at a Marathon gas station.
She went with the man to the park under the false pretenses that she was going to engage in the sexual act, but she planned on on robbing him instead, according to police.
While in the park, Hayes allegedly fatally shot the man, took cash from him and then fled the scene, according to police, who also claimed she then spent $47 on two hot wing combos for herself and her boyfriend.
She allegedly told investigators she was “thirsty for money.”
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Hayes was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, and perpetration of a robbery.
She was booked into the Shelby County jail.
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