Stepmom seen in shootout with 2-year-old in car during livestream, TN cops say

A dad said his 2-year-old daughter was seen in the back seat of a car during a shootout broadcast on Facebook Live, according to Tennessee police.

The girl’s 47-year-old stepmom is charged with child endangerment and reckless endangerment by discharging a firearm from within a motor vehicle, Shelby County court records show.

McClatchy News is not identifying the woman to protect the identity of her stepdaughter.

Officers with the Memphis Police Department responded to a call about a shooting at an apartment complex May 18 involving a white Ford Fusion and two men, according to an affidavit of complaint.

Investigators spoke with a dad who said his child’s stepmother “was seen on Facebook Live with his daughter in the back seat, involved in a shootout,” police wrote in the report.

The dad identified her as the wife of his children’s mother, according to officers. He said she drove a white Ford Fusion, and her niece stayed at the apartment complex where the shooting happened, investigators said.

Officers watched the Facebook Live, which they said showed the woman firing shots from her car with a child in the back seat as she was facing a volley of gunfire from someone else.

Surveillance footage from the apartment complex showed a white Ford Fusion leave the complex, then a woman started running, police said. The Ford Fusion came back into view, and two men were seen firing shots at it, according to police.

Records show the woman was booked in Shelby County jail June 4.

This story was originally published June 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM with the headline "Stepmom seen in shootout with 2-year-old in car during livestream, TN cops say."