A mother drowned one of her daughters in their South Carolina home and was trying to kill another child when the oldest daughter was awakened by screams and managed to save her sister, a sheriff said.
Jamie Bradley Brun, 37, was charged with murder and attempted murder after the attack early Friday in their home on St. Helena Island, Beaufort County Sheriff P.J. Tanner said at a news conference.
Brun’s 16-year-old daughter was asleep around 1:30 a.m. Friday when her 8-year-old sister’s screams woke her up. The sheriff wouldn’t detail how the mother was trying to drown her child, but said the child’s cries were coming from the bathroom. "I’m very proud of her. I think she did an unbelievable job. She defended her family when no one else was available," Tanner said. "Her courage is amazing."
Brun tried to grab a deputy’s gun as she was arrested and officers shocked her with a Taser to take her into custody, Tanner said.The 8-year-old did not appear to be seriously injured, and the sheriff said she and her teen sister are being cared for by other family members.
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