Heartbroken Woman Fatally Shoots Pastor After Secret Affair Ends, Wife Witnesses Tragic Scene

A Tennessee woman has been sentenced for the fatal shooting of a local pastor with whom she had an extramarital affair, and for injuring his wife.

On Tuesday, 46-year-old Latoshia Daniels received a sentence of 20 years in prison for the second-degree murder of Pastor Brodes Perry, who was 36 at the time of his death. In addition, she was sentenced to nearly a year for criminal attempt to commit reckless endangerment for wounding Perry’s wife, as reported by Court TV. Daniels was found guilty by a jury in November, and her sentences will be served concurrently.

The tragic events leading up to the sentencing date back to 2019.

Daniels’ connection with Perry and his wife originated at Saint Mark’s Baptist Church in Little Rock, Arkansas. There, Perry served as a pastor and Daniels was a member of the congregation. According to her defense attorney, Lauren Fuchs, Daniels initially sought counseling at the church for her own marital issues. It was during this time that Perry allegedly initiated a romantic relationship, beginning with a kiss, as reported by Memphis-based CBS affiliate WREG.

By the spring of 2019, the Perrys had relocated to Collierville, Tennessee, a suburb near Memphis, where Perry took on a pastoral role at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church. Initially, he led Daniels to believe that their relationship could continue with his wife’s consent, possibly suggesting a “sister wives” arrangement. However, by April of that year, Perry decided to end the affair.

Daniels bought a gun, and on April 4, 2019, she drove to Perry’s and his wife’s home and talked with the other woman, who said she was ignorant of the affair. Perry then arrived, and the three of them talked before he told Daniels his wife would walk her to her car. Daniels reportedly wanted Perry to walk her, but he refused.

That is when the violence erupted.

“She did not think about what was happening,” Fuchs said of Daniels. “In that moment, she broke. And she did shoot Brodes Perry, while screaming, ‘He broke my heart.’”

The wife said she ran to her neighbor’s home for help and when she came back, Daniels shot her in the shoulder. Perry was killed, while his wife survived.

Daniels offered an apology during her sentencing on Tuesday, stating she “never meant for any of this to happen” and adding that she was dealing with mental health struggles at the time.

“I’m sorry,” Daniels said, per Court TV. “I know what I did. I wasn’t in the best health. And I know it doesn’t take away what happened, but please know that I’m Godly sorrowful and I’d ask that you extend grace and mercy.”

The presiding judge acknowledged Daniels’ circumstance but opined that heartbreak does not warrant killing.

“That’s senseless, you know, senseless,” Judge Jennifer Fitzgerald said, according to local NBC affiliate WMC. “To kill someone because he would not walk to her car, and although the victim was a pastor who did not treat her right and he broke her heart, a broken heart does not justify someone dying.”

Fuchs said the defense will file a motion for a new trial and seek an appeal, area Fox station WHBQ reported.