THE HOSPITAL. A DEADLY DOMESTIC DISPUTE HAS LED TO MURDER CHARGES AGAINST FERGUSON MAN FOR ALLEGEDLY ATTACKING AND KILLING HIS OWN MOTHER THURSDAY EVENING. FOX'S DARKENS WENT TO FERGUSON TO SPEAK TO RESIDENTS ABOUT THE DEADLY ENCOUNTER THAT NOBODY SAW COMING. >> ST. LOUIS COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY WESLEY BELL SAYS HIS AGENCY. WE'LL DO EVERYTHING IT CAN TO HOLD THE DEFENDANT ACCOUNTABLE. THIS UNTHINKABLE ATROCITY AS THEY DO. MISS THE OPENING A LOOK AT >> IS MISS THE PAIN MAY BE RIGHT WITH SOME LIKE THAT. THE THOUGHTS FROM A RESIDENT WHO KNEW THE VICTIM.
A 29 YEAR-OLD ANTON PATE, FERGUSON POLICE ARE CHARGING WITH SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND OTHER VIOLENT OFFENSES. >> THE VICTIM, HIS MOTHER MAZE. YOU. >> NO, TAKE HER OUT. POLICE SAY THEY WERE CALLED TO THE 1700 BLOCK OF ZUMA DRIVE LAST THURSDAY EVENING FOR A DISTURBANCE. A RESIDENT WHO ASKED TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS DESCRIBED WHAT HE SAW. I JUST SAW A REAL LIGHT GREEN YELLOW TAPE, STATES ONCE ON SCENE, POLICE FOUND PAY WITH ALLEGEDLY STABBED HIS MOTHER SEVERAL TIMES AFTER AN ARGUMENT.
POLICE SAY HIS BROTHER SHOT IN THE BACK TO STOP THE ATTACK. THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO AN AREA HOSPITAL WHERE SHE DIED. ST. LOUIS PROSECUTING ATTORNEY WESLEY BELL RELEASED THIS STATEMENT SAYING, QUOTE, VIOLENCE WITHIN THE FAMILY IS TRAGIC, BUT THE MURDER OF A MOTHER IS AN UNTHINKABLE ATROCITIES. WE WILL DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO HOLD THIS DEFENDANT ACCOUNTABLE. ONE RESIDENT WITH KIDS OF HIS OWN SAYS THE VICTIM OR 2 JOBS AND WAS FRIENDLY. HE SAYS THERE'S NO EXCUSE. YOU ONLY GET ONE THAT I THINK IS. SO IF YOU DO THAT TO THE MOTHER. >> YOU DON'T GET A FULL LIFE WAS A THAT DOES IS ME FIRST. POLICE SAY PATE IS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE. TO ME. I FEEL LIKE THE THE BROTHER DID THE RIGHT THING. ULD BE .