Three Texas teenagers are in custody after allegedly attacking their mother with knives and a brick because she turned off the home Wi-Fi. Authorities have charged them with aggravated assault.
Three teenage girls, ages 14, 15, and 16, were taken into custody by deputies from Harris County after they allegedly attempted to stab their mother and hit her with a stone when she switched off the Wi-Fi in their home. The violent incident took place in Houston during the overnight hours of Sunday.
The authorities claim that the girls armed themselves with kitchen knives and pursued their mother through the house and out into the street, to stab her. In the course of the assault, it is said that one of the adolescents struck the woman with a brick, and their grandmother was also pushed down while attempting to intervene in the situation.
According to reports, neither the mother nor the grandma sustained significant injuries as a result of the vicious assault.
Officials from Harris County have confirmed that all three juveniles were taken into custody and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. During the inquiry, they have been taken into custody and put into the Harris County Juvenile Detention Center.
The authorities have not disclosed any additional information regarding possible court procedures or additional charges at this time.
The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences has recorded 22 people found dead in bayous this year, a higher number than Houston police had previously confirmed and first reported by the Houston Chronicle.
Community leaders in Houston’s Third Ward on Tuesday urged residents to stay calm as they awaited more information about the 15 bodies found in area bayous this year—including six in just two weeks—and pledged that law enforcement would release further investigative details soon.