Gabriel Pereyra, 34, has been charged with murder.
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The Harris County Sheriff's Office responded to reports of a stabbing in the 19300 block of Park Row around 5:20 p.m.
Upon arrival, deputies found a woman bleeding from her head in the parking lot of the apartment complex.
After a brief investigation, deputies say they found Pereyra at his mother's home covered in blood.
He allegedly stabbed his mother while she was sitting in a chair inside the residence.
Deputies say the woman tried to run outside for help, but collapsed and died on the sidewalk near the parking lot.
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According to deputies, the man said he wanted his mother to prepare him some food and that she ran outside after he put a kitchen knife to her throat and cut her.
Pereyra is currently in the Harris County Sheriff's Office detention facility awaiting arraignment.
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