Melanie Smith
Melanie Smith
Melanie Crow Smith was an American resident of Smyrna, Tennessee. [1]
Personal Life
Smith was an active church goer and was a single mother of two children.
[1] She attended Hillwood High School, graduating in the class of 1997.
Death
On September 24, 2017, Emanuel Kidega Samson, shot and killed Smith in the parking lot of Burnette Chapel Church of Christ on Pin Hook Road in Antioch as the church dismissed at 11:15 a.m. from morning services. [1]
Another church usher, identified as Robert Caleb Engle, confronted Samson at one point and was pistol-whipped, causing significant injury around his head. [1]
Engle then went to his own car, grabbed a pistol and headed back into the church.
It was initially reported that Samson shot himself, although police stated it's unclear whether he shot himself or the gun unintentionally discharged during his scuffle with Engle.