MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – A case involving a girlfriend allegedly shooting and killing her significant other will go before the local courts in December. Detectives from the Murfreesboro Police Department Criminal Investigations Division arrested a 23-year-old woman in connection with the fatal shooting of her boyfriend on Sunday, October 13, 2024.
Shaquira Brown was charged with second-degree homicide in the death of 27-year-old Jaleel Turner. The shooting occurred around 2:00 p.m. at The Southern Apartments, located on Lascassas Pike.
According to the preliminary investigation, Turner was shot once inside the apartment following an argument with Brown. Shortly after, someone in a nearby apartment unit called police to report hearing gunshots. Officers arrived and found Brown in the apartment, along with her boyfriend Jaleel Turner, who had sustained a single gunshot wound to the abdomen. When police arrived he was non-responsive. While Brown was being questioned by officers, Turner was transported to the hospital, where he later died…