Maryland mother allegedly shot 13-year-old daughter – NBC4 Washington

A woman has been charged with attempted murder after police say she shot and killed her 13-year-old daughter in Seat Pleasant, Maryland.

Officers found the girl shortly before 5 p.m. Monday with a gunshot wound to the neck in a home in the 500 block of 69th Place.

While administering first aid, officers asked the girl what happened and she said she was shot as she was returning home from school, court documents show.

The girl later told police at the hospital that she and her mother got into an argument when she returned home from school that turned physical. After the argument, the girl began to walk down the stairs of the house when she heard a gunshot and fell to the ground at the bottom of the stairs and was unable to move, charging documents say. Her mother then told her to say she was shot by someone who broke into the house, the girl told police.

The girl's mother, 32-year-old Talecka Brown, initially told police that her daughter had been shot by a homeless man and that she was already bleeding when she returned home from school, according to the police audio recording.

Charging documents say investigators smelled the smell of a firearm being fired in the house. When they asked Brown if there was a gun in the house, she said there was one in a safe that was unregistered and did not belong to her, according to police.

Police are investigating the shooting of a 13-year-old in Seat Pleasant.

After questioning Brown, police arrested her and charged her with attempted first-degree murder and other charges. According to court documents, she gave conflicting statements during questioning with police and Brown eventually admitted that she was the only one home with her daughter at the time of the shooting.

The girl's condition remains critical and she is in hospital but stable.

Brown is in jail awaiting a bail review hearing scheduled for Wednesday.

Prince George's County police have taken over the investigation, Seat Pleasant police said.

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