Tennessee mom allegedly shoots 20-year-old man dead after finding him under daughter’s bed

But prosecutors, neighbors, and legal experts are drawing a colder line. The man, they note, was reportedly leaving the house when he was shot in the back of the head, outside in the yard. That detail could be fatal to any self-defense claim under Tennessee law. Now, as Scott sits in jail without bond, the focus shifts from what a mother felt in that terrible moment to what the law will allow — and whether a jury will see a hero, a criminal, or something painfully, tragically in between.