GULFPORT, Miss. (TCN) — A teenager stands accused of stabbing her sleeping mother before trying to ignite a fire inside their home last week.
On Friday, June 14, at approximately 2:33 a.m., the Gulfport Police Department responded to a report of a “cutting incident” at a residence, where they found a female victim with multiple stab wounds. The woman allegedly awoke to find 15-year-old Lexi Brown “attacking her with a knife.” Brown had also reportedly tried to set a fire inside the house.
The victim, who WLOX-TV identified as Brown’s mother, was transported to a local hospital for treatment. Officers did not disclose the extent of her stab injuries.
According to police, Brown told detectives she wanted to kill her mother because she was a “weird b—h” and was “suppressing the black in her.” Officers took Brown into custody and booked her into the Harrison County Adult Detention Center on charges of attempted murder and first-degree arson. A judge set her bond at $1.25 million.