A 32-year-old woman is facing attempted murder charges after allegedly shooting her 13-year-old daughter in the neck at their home on Monday afternoon, according to law enforcement officials. The police arrived at the scene shortly before 5 p.m., where they found the teenager with a gunshot wound. Initially, the girl informed the officers that she was shot shortly after she returned home from school.
However, the narrative changed during a subsequent hospital investigation. The teenager revealed that a heated argument with her mother, Talecka Brown, had spiraled into a physical altercation. After the fight, as she was descending the stairs, she heard a gunshot and fell, becoming immobilized at the bottom of the staircase. She also disclosed that her mother had instructed her to tell authorities that an intruder had shot her.
Initially, Brown told the officers that a homeless person had shot her daughter and that she found her injured when she returned home from school. However, the officers noted the smell of a recently discharged firearm in the house and found inconsistencies in Brown’s account of the incident.
During a subsequent interview, Brown admitted to having a firearm in the house, which she kept in a safe. She confessed that the firearm was unregistered and not hers. After a series of conflicting statements, Brown finally admitted that she was the only one present in the house when the shooting took place. As a result, she was arrested and charged with first-degree attempted murder, among other offenses.
The injured teenager is currently in a critical but stable condition at the hospital. Brown is in jail, awaiting a bond review hearing scheduled for Wednesday.