Maryland mother arrested after shooting 13 year old daughter, child in critical condition: police

MARYLAND - A teenage girl is in critical condition after her mother shot her in their home, according to police. 

 According to police, 32-year-old Talecka Brown of Seat Pleasant, Maryland has been charged with first-degree attempted murder after shooting her 13-year-old daughter on September 23. Officers arrived to the 500 block of 69th Place in Seat Pleasant around 4:50 p.m. Tuesday and found the teenage girl suffering from a gunshot wound to her upper body.

Charging documents obtained by Fox 5 on Tuesday state the victim specifically suffered a "single defect to the rear portion of her neck at the ‘C-Spine’ region, where a bullet fragment was observed in her shoulder area, and another portion was lodged near her abdomen". Charging documents also said the mother and daughter got into a verbal argument that turned physical before the shooting.

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 The victim told police she began to walk down the stairs after the physical altercation, at which point she heard a gunshot.

 "The victim advised she fell to the bottom of the stairs and was unable to move," the charging document states. "The victim advised that the Defendant [Brown] instructed her to say that she was shot by someone who had broken into the house."

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According to the court documents, the 13-year-old was listed in critical condition at the hospital but considered stable. She will require surgery once she becomes more stable and currently has a chest tube to assist, charging documents state.

 Brown’s charges include attempted first-degree murder, assault, and use of a firearm. She is being held at the Department of Corrections awaiting to see a commissioner.

 According to online records, Brown is due in court for a bond review on Wednesday at 1:15 p.m.