2 teens, 18-year-old shot after mom found daughter’s boyfriend secretly sleeping in her bed, police say

CORDOVA, Tenn. (WMC/Gray News) - Two teens and an 18-year-old man in Memphis are currently hospitalized following a shooting that stemmed from a mom finding her daughter’s boyfriend in her bed.

Police said they arrived at the house to find an 18-year-old with gunshot wounds and his girlfriend outside.

She told police that her boyfriend secretly slept over at her parents’ house overnight and her mom discovered the couple together in bed Friday morning, WMC reported. The girl said her mom was angry and told her that the 18-year-old boy had to leave.

WMC reported that he obeyed her mother’s request and called out to his 16-year-old friend.

The 18-year-old allegedly told his friend, who was hiding in the attic, to come out “because they were caught.”

However, while this was happening, the teen girl said her mom was still shouting at her boyfriend outside. She said her boyfriend became angry, drew a gun, and stormed back into the house toward her mother.

Police said the mother ran upstairs just as the armed 18-year-old fired a single shot at her.

The girl told police her sister screamed, “Don’t shoot my mom!”

That’s when their mother’s boyfriend emerged from a bedroom with a gun and shot at the 18-year-old, striking him in the arm and back.

During the gunfire, one of the two sisters, unspecified by police, was shot in her side and the 16-year-old friend who was previously hidden in the attic was also shot twice in his leg.

The mother’s boyfriend fled before officers arrived.

Police said 12 casings were found on the property in total.

As of now, all are still in the hospital, according to WMC.

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