Student Accused of Murdering Roommate at Middle Tennessee State U.

An 18-year-old freshman at Middle Tennessee State University has been charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death on Wednesday of her roommate, a 21-year-old junior on the women’s basketball team, the Associated Press reported. But the lawyer for the suspect, Shanterrica Madden, said she had acted in self-defense during a fight with Tina Stewart, who was stabbed repeatedly. The lawyer, Joe Brandon, told the AP that Ms. Madden had turned Ms. Stewart’s knife on herself. The fight occurred in an off-campus apartment, according to The Daily News Journal, a local newspaper.