Mistress found guilty in shooting death of Memphis pastor: Prosecutors
Updated: Nov 10, 2025 / 08:13 AM CST
MEMPHIS, Tenn.— A jury has found Latoshia Daniels guilty of second-degree murder in the 2019 shooting death of Memphis pastor Brodes Perry.
The 46-year-old was also convicted of reckless endangerment for wounding Perry’s wife, Tabatha.
It took jurors just a couple of hours to return the verdict.
Daniels was facing charges of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, and use of a firearm during a felony.
The prosecution claimed Daniels killed Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church Pastor Perry while the two were having an affair, and that the murder was planned.
Perry’s wife was also injured in the shooting at the Meridian Place Apartments in Collierville.
Prosecuting Attorney Kevin McAlpin said Daniels and Perry knew each other because he had been a pastor at Saint Mark’s Baptist Church in Little Rock, Arkansas, and she was a member there.
The prosecution argued that Daniels’ decision to purchase a gun and drive two and a half hours from Arkansas to Memphis was proof of premeditation.
“We had proved that it was a knowing killing of another person, but we just didn’t quite get there on premeditation. And like I said, we can disagree with it and respect it, both at the same time,” said Prosecuting Attorney Kevin McAlpin.
Throughout the trial, Daniels’ attorneys never denied that she shot Perry or his wife, but said it was a crime of passion, fueled by Perry’s alleged manipulation.
“That’s why we did push for that voluntary manslaughter and the reckless endangerment, because she was under such emotional distress when this happened. But, she was not thinking clearly,” said Defense Attorney Lauren Fuchs.
NewsNation affiliate WREG asked the defense how Daniels felt after her conviction.
“I think she’s a little bit in shock. I think she’s struggling with the idea that she’s probably going to spend another decade in prison, but I think she also understands that, you know, this happened for a reason,” said Defense Attorney Arthur Horne.
Thursday, the defense called Daniels to testify. On the witness stand, Daniels admitted that she shot Perry, but she said she accidentally shot his wife.
Daniels said she became suicidal when Perry unexpectedly ended the relationship in April of 2019, so she purchased a gun from Fort Thompson Sporting Goods in Sherwood, Arkansas.
She said she drove two and a half hours to Perry’s Collierville apartment because he told her that they would tell his wife about the affair.
In her testimony, Daniels also stated that during her second marriage, her husband was emotionally distant and neglectful. She said she tried to get her husband to agree to marriage counseling because she didn’t want another failed marriage.
Daniels said she reached out to Perry about counseling because he served as an executive pastor and leader of her life church group. Two to three weeks after the first session, Daniels said she met Perry for a second counseling session.
Daniels stated that while she was talking to him, Perry pulled her chair close to him and started kissing her, and they had sex. She said that Perry, at that moment, gave her everything she had been missing for a long time.
Daniels is expected to be sentenced sometime next year, following a hearing in December.
