FARMINGTON — Criminal charges have been filed against a man accused of shooting his mother and then posting live videos of the victim on social media after the incident.
Jeffrey Antonio Langford, 24, of North Salt Lake, was charged Thursday in 2nd District Court with murder, a first-degree felony; and obstructing justice, a second-degree felony.
On Saturday, police began receiving calls about a possible suicide. Langford then “posted three different videos on Facebook showing the victim with at least one bullet wound to her head. The defendant made several statements in the video that the victim shot herself in the head but was still alive and that he was going to have to finish it. The victim could also be heard in the video still breathing,” according to charging documents.
In another video, Langford states he is not going to prison and “was telling people goodbye,” the charges state.
In the third video, Langford states “that his mother deserves a good send off,” according to a Davis County Jail booking affidavit.
The videos have since been removed from Langford’s Facebook page.
Police arrived at the house to find Graciela Laura Holker, 45, had been shot and killed.
When interviewed by police, Langford claimed his mother wanted to take her own life, but then stated that she initially cut her throat and “shot herself in the head three times,” the charges state.
Police confirmed Holker suffered three gunshot wounds, but “at least two of the shots to the head were not consistent with being self-inflicted,” according to charging documents.
The arresting officer told Langford it would have been impossible for his mother to shoot herself a second time in the condition she was in, according to the affidavit.
That’s when Langford changed his story and told police he did shoot his mother because “he didn’t want her to be in pain or a vegetable, so he shot the victim at least once in the back of the head while she was still alive,” according to charging documents.
“I asked why he didn’t call 911 he stated he was scared because everything was happening too fast,” the arresting officer wrote in his affidavit.
Langford also claimed he was going to kill himself, but was “interrupted by a phone call,” charging documents state.
When asked about the Facebook videos, Langford said “it was a call for help,” the charges state.