Arkansas – An Arkansas man is facing multiple serious charges after allegedly breaking into his parents’ home, shooting his mother in the head with a crosbow, and leading police on a high-speed chase that ended with his arrest in Missouri. Authorities say the 29-year-old defendant, J.AIexander, has been charged with attempted capitaI murder, aggravated residentiaI burgIary, interference with emergency communications, and third-degree domestic battery.
According to a probable cause affidavit and interviews with investigators, the defendant’s mother, awoke around 6:45 a.m. and when she opened the door to let her pet out, she was struck in the head with an arrow and immediately fell to the floor. She later told police she felt her eardrum pop and “saw blue” before realizing she had been shot.
The defendant allegedly continued the attack, firing additional arrows into his mother’s head. When his father came to investigate the commotion, he reportedly found his son standing over his spouse with a crossbow. As she lay bleeding on the ground, the woman played dead while the defendant demanded money from his father, taking both of their phones and forcing his father to transfer over $3,400 via Cash App and Bitcoin.
According to court documents, the defendant then threatened to escalate the violence if he wasn’t given access to additional funds. “You need to give me what is mine, or else I’m going to have to go to the next level,” he allegedly told his father. During this time, he reportedly told his father that ‘he doesn’t have to worry about it, she’s dead.’ The elderly woman was later found with multiple arrows protruding from her face and head and was rushed to a local hospital for emergency treatment.
A short time later, deputies in Missouri spotted the defendant’s father’s stolen truck and attempted to initiate a traffic stop. The man allegedly led officers on a high-speed chase before crashing the vehicle. After a brief struggle and the use of a taser, law enforcement took him into custody.
At the scene, the defendant reportedly confessed to paramedics that he had shot his mother. One EMT reported that he said he had been petting his pet when his mother said something that upset him. He claimed he grabbed what he described as a toy crosbow and fired at her. “It did not go in all the way, and she was just laying there screaming, so I pulled it back and did it again,” he allegedly said.
In a later interview with police detectives, he reportedly admitted to entering his parents’ home through his former bedroom window to avoid waking them. When asked for a motive, he offered a chillingly detached response: “I didn’t have a reason. I just lost my cool. I woke up, and I thought that she was, like, going after my pet.”
Detectives continued to question him, asking if he had really shot his mother in the head three times over an animal. He reportedly responded that, to the best of his understanding, that was what had happened.
The defendant’s father also sustained injuries during a physical altercation with his son while trying to protect his wife.