A woman will spend decades behind bars for fatally shooting a beloved community activist in Tennessee after an argument about money.
Tifanee Wright, 37, was sentenced this week to 25 years in prison “at 100 percent” after being convicted of second-degree murder in the death of 60-year-old Yvonne Nelson, the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office announced. “Wright claimed she acted in self-defense, but jurors rejected that defense and found her guilty,” the prosecutorial agency added.
On the night of Aug. 13, 2022, Wright and Nelson were at a strip mall near the intersection of Yale Road and Covington Pike in Memphis, Tennessee. Surveillance footage obtained by area NBC affiliate WMC showed the two women interacting before they walked out of frame…