A family argument over money in Memphis turned deadly on July 24, 2024, when 55-year-old Katrina Fields-Michael was shot in her Fox Meadows home on Hickory Villas Drive. Police say the dispute involved her son’s SSI benefits and that investigators allege Fields-Michael tried to strike her son with a wooden stick. Authorities report her son, Rhakeem Fields, then retrieved a gun and fired three shots. Emergency crews took Katrina Fields-Michael to a hospital, where she later died.

Rhakeem Fields was arrested at the scene, booked into the Shelby County Jail and charged with voluntary manslaughter, with bond set at $100,000. A celebration of Katrina Fields-Michael’s life was scheduled for August 16, 2024, in Dallas, Texas. The judicial process will examine the full circumstances of the shooting.

If anyone knew Katrina Fields-Michael or witnessed events in the Fox Meadows area on July 24, 2024, please share information that could assist the ongoing inquiry.