A 23-year-old man beat his grandmother to death with a hammer, leaving his mom to find her body, Tennessee authorities said.

Kerrien Dates is charged with first-degree murder and theft of property, $10,000 to $60,000, Shelby County records show.

Dates’ mom told officers with the Memphis Police Department that her son had been living with her mom, and the two had recently been fighting, according to an affidavit.

The mom said she told the grandmother to kick Dates “out of her house for safety,” police wrote.

Then at about 4:30 p.m. on June 4, the woman called 911 to say she had found her mother at home bleeding, lying next to a bloody hammer, according to police.

It appeared as if she had just gotten home when she was attacked, according to police.

She “had her backpack on along with

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