WILDWOOD, Fla. – A Wildwood area man is accused of fatally stabbing and shooting his mother, allegedly telling police that God told him to shoot her.
Derek Vaughn, 51, was arrested at a home off County Road 116 on Monday.
Police say they were responding to a 911 call from the victim, identified as Jerry Lea Vaughn, telling dispatch, “Help me, help me, my son just stabbed me, he is coming to kill me,” according to the arrest report.
Wildwood police officers arrived at the home to find Derek Vaughn waiting at the front of the home with his wife and children. They say when he was handcuffed, he said, “I mean, I know I killed my mom, but that one is uncomfortable.”
According to the arrest report, Vaughn also told police at one point that he stabbed his mother, and when she did not die, God told him to get his father’s gun and shoot her in the head.
Jerry Lea Vaughn was taken to an area hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Sumter County Sheriff’s Office is now handling the investigation.