Fort Worth man shot, killed his mother after an argument in their home, warrant says
Calvin Brown and his mother argued Saturday morning in their Fort Worth home on Royster Road, he told police.
The 21-year-old Brown then walked to his room, got his handgun and fired at least once at his mother before he “blacked out,” according to his account in an arrest warrant affidavit.
At one point during his interview with detectives, Brown said he believed he fired the gun about four times, according to the warrant released by Fort Worth police on Monday.
By the time police arrived, 61-year-old Alice Brown was dead in her home from multiple gunshot wounds, and Calvin Brown was sitting outside the house. Alice Brown suffered gunshot wounds to her chest and leg, the warrant stated.
The warrant did not release any details on what Calvin Brown and his mother had argued about.
Calvin Brown was arrested Saturday and faces a charge of murder in the case.
The 21-year-old Brown was in the Tarrant County Jail on Monday with bond set at $50,000.
The warrant written by Detective P.A. Vega gave this account of the shooting:
Calvin Brown lived in the Fort Worth home with his mother.
At some point before 10 a.m. Saturday, Calvin Brown and his mother had an argument, and he left the room and got his handgun.
Calvin Brown told detectives his mother began to walk toward him, but then she started to step away when he fired once and he “blacked out.” He fired more shots after that.
After shooting her, Calvin Brown said, he tried to call police, but his phone didn’t work. He drove to a nearby location which he thought was a police sub-station before he returned home.
Once back home, he borrowed the phone of a stranger and called 911.
During an interview with detectives, Calvin Brown tried to tell them it was an accident, that he had pointed his gun above his mother.
The 21-year-old Fort Worth man also said his mother had threatened him in the past, but he stated that didn’t happen on Saturday morning, according to the warrant.
Calvin Brown told detectives that he had placed his handgun back in this bedroom after the shooting..
This story was originally published July 12, 2021 at 11:10 AM.
