‘Trying to Protect Me’: Widow Says Memphis Homeowner Shot Her Husband to Death After They Pulled Into His Driveway to Avoid Traffic Ticket

A Memphis woman says a homeowner fatally shot her husband just moments after the couple pulled into a stranger’s driveway in an attempt to evade a traffic ticket.

Sheila Booker recalled the tragic moments when her husband, Rodriguez Poplar, was shot right in front of her. She said she and Poplar were driving through a residential neighborhood on Jan. 9 when Poplar spotted some blue police headlights ahead of them.

Booker said her husband told her to pull into a driveway and wait because their car had expired tags and a broken headlight.

As soon as she parked in the driveway, the homeowner came out of his house armed and demanded that they leave his property, Booker claims…

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