Terrence Bean

A domestic dispute on the evening of May 21, 2024, ended the life of Terrence Bean, a 44-year-old man. The fatal confrontation occurred inside a home in the 3300 block of Ardmore Street in the Frayser neighborhood of Memphis, Tennessee. When Memphis Police officers arrived shortly after 10 p.m., children outside the residence told them that their mother had shot their father. Inside, police found Terrence deceased on the kitchen floor from a gunshot wound.

According to an account one of the children gave to investigators, the night began with an argument between Terrence and his wife, Elita Bean, over a set of keys. The fight escalated, and Elita allegedly grabbed a knife and tried to stab her husband in the kitchen. The physical struggle reportedly moved from the kitchen into a bedroom and then back into the kitchen, at which point Elita was on the ground and Terrence was without his pants.

The child witness described a strange and tragic turn of events. Terrence allegedly retrieved a gun, handed it to his wife, and told her to "shoot him." Elita then reportedly fired the weapon three times. When police arrived, Elita told them that the gun had gone off while she and her husband were fighting over it.

Investigators at the scene found three spent 9mm shell casings near Terrence's body. They also discovered a large knife in a kitchen garbage can. A medical examiner later noted that in addition to a fatal gunshot wound to the lower left part of his chest, Terrence had suffered two stab wounds to the middle of his chest and cuts on his arm and a finger.

Elita Bean, who was 44 at the time, complained of shoulder pain and was taken to a hospital for evaluation before being taken into custody. She was arrested and charged with second-degree murder in her husband's death. Elita Bean was later found guilty for the shooting death of Terrence Bean, and the case is now considered solved.