MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas – Montgomery County officials are investigating the murder of a woman early Monday morning and have arrested her son as a suspect.
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Son charged with mom’s murder
What we know:
Around 5:20 a.m., the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office officials received a 911 call from a home on Beeson Road. The caller reported a family member was threatening people inside the house with a firearm. Moments later, a second 911 call came in reporting a vehicle crash a short distance away from the home.
When deputies arrived at the Beeson Road home, they found 50-year-old Jana Flores dead from an apparent gunshot wound.
At the second location, MCSO deputies learned the suspect, 23-year-old Michael Flores, had left the home and crashed his vehicle. Authorities say he resisted arrest and engaged in a physical altercation with the responding deputies.
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Officials used non-lethal weapons to finally gain compliance and take him into custody. No deputies were injured during the struggle.
Flores was taken to a local hospital for a medical evaluation. He will be booked into the Montgomery County Jail and charged with murder.
What we don’t know:
Detectives have not yet released a potential motive behind the shooting or specified what kind of firearm was recovered at the scene. It also remains unclear exactly who else was inside the home when the initial 911 call was placed.
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