Teen Charged With Killing Mom, 8-Year-Old Brother, Shooting Dad: Police

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — A 15-year-old has been arrested and charged after police say he shot and killed his mother and 8-year-old brother, then shot and wounded his father.

According to the Prince George's County Police Department, officers responded to a report of a shooting at a home located in the 8500 block of Wendy Street in Clinton. They found 44-year-old Taledia Oxley and her 8-year-old son Asa Oxley dead. The suspect's dad James Oxley told Fox 5 that he was shot twice in his forearm and right side of his stomach. He underwent surgery and is recovering.

"I just heard these pops and I thought it was the TV and I look to my right and I noticed my son was shooting my wife across the room then he shot my 8-year-old then I realized what was happening, and I jumped up to confront him, and he turned the gun and shot me twice," Oxley said. "I saw the gun went empty, and he threw it down, and I chased him to the front door and I grabbed him, but I couldn’t grab my right hand because it was broken."

Oxley, a U.S. Army Reserve member, pastor and real estate agent, said he called 911 when his son, Israel Oxley, ran out of the home and tried to render aid to his wife and son, but they did not survive the shooting. A two-year-old girl was asleep on the floor and a 19-year-old son was upstairs in his room; they survived the shootings, police say.

Responding patrol officers located the juvenile suspect in the neighborhood and took him into custody, according to a police report. He has since been charged with first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree attempted murder and related charges. He has admitted to the shootings.