Nurse charged with murder in shooting of Texas mom
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April 19, 2012, Thursday
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A REGISTERED nurse has been charged with capital murder in the shooting of a young mother and the abduction of her newborn son at a pediatric clinic near Houston, Texas, the US, a prosecutor said yesterday.
Montgomery County District Attorney Brett Ligon told ABC's "Good Morning America" that Verna McClain was charged early yesterday in the killing of Kala Marie Golden.
Witnesses say an argument broke out between Golden and another woman as Golden left Northwoods Pediatric Center in the town of Spring on Tuesday afternoon with her 3-day-old son, Keegan.
The woman repeatedly shot Golden then snatched the baby from her arms and went to drive away in a blue or light green Lexus, according to witness accounts. The dying woman leaned into the vehicle and tried to take Keegan back, screaming "My baby!" but her attacker sped away.
Ligon said McClain's statement to investigators indicates that she shot the mother as part of a wider plan to kidnap any child and that Golden was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.
"There were statements as indicated in the arrest record that were made by Ms McClain that led us to believe that, in fact, this was an intentional act on her part," Ligon said. "Not that Ms Golden was targeted specifically, but that this was part of a plan to kidnap a child."
He made no mention of a man whom witnesses said they saw in the Lexus that was blood stained on the driver's side.
Keegan was found unharmed on Tuesday evening. Ligon said Child Protective Service officials were looking after him but they expected the baby to be reunited with his father.
Authorities have not said where Keegan was found. Ligon stressed the infant was not found at a nearby apartment complex that was raided by officers wielding guns and riot shields on Tuesday evening. Spring is about 32 kilometers north of Houston.
Authorities detained a person of interest on Tuesday, but it wasn't clear if that person was McClain.
McCLain is not employed by the Northwoods Pediatrics Center, according to a receptionist at the clinic, Jackie Longoria.
Golden's mother, Linda Golden, said she had been baby-sitting another of Kala's sons when someone at the scene called her using her daughter's cellphone. She rushed to the clinic but was unable to see her daughter because paramedics were trying to save her.
Montgomery County District Attorney Brett Ligon told ABC's "Good Morning America" that Verna McClain was charged early yesterday in the killing of Kala Marie Golden.
Witnesses say an argument broke out between Golden and another woman as Golden left Northwoods Pediatric Center in the town of Spring on Tuesday afternoon with her 3-day-old son, Keegan.
The woman repeatedly shot Golden then snatched the baby from her arms and went to drive away in a blue or light green Lexus, according to witness accounts. The dying woman leaned into the vehicle and tried to take Keegan back, screaming "My baby!" but her attacker sped away.
Ligon said McClain's statement to investigators indicates that she shot the mother as part of a wider plan to kidnap any child and that Golden was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.
"There were statements as indicated in the arrest record that were made by Ms McClain that led us to believe that, in fact, this was an intentional act on her part," Ligon said. "Not that Ms Golden was targeted specifically, but that this was part of a plan to kidnap a child."
He made no mention of a man whom witnesses said they saw in the Lexus that was blood stained on the driver's side.
Keegan was found unharmed on Tuesday evening. Ligon said Child Protective Service officials were looking after him but they expected the baby to be reunited with his father.
Authorities have not said where Keegan was found. Ligon stressed the infant was not found at a nearby apartment complex that was raided by officers wielding guns and riot shields on Tuesday evening. Spring is about 32 kilometers north of Houston.
Authorities detained a person of interest on Tuesday, but it wasn't clear if that person was McClain.
McCLain is not employed by the Northwoods Pediatrics Center, according to a receptionist at the clinic, Jackie Longoria.
Golden's mother, Linda Golden, said she had been baby-sitting another of Kala's sons when someone at the scene called her using her daughter's cellphone. She rushed to the clinic but was unable to see her daughter because paramedics were trying to save her.
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