This is so sad and sick…

Michael Brea, an actor who had roles on “Ugly Betty” and “Step-Up 3-D,” was arrested in Brooklyn, New York early Tuesday, after police say he “held his mother hostage and then murdered her with a samurai sword while screaming Bible passages.”

I have no words. My thoughts and prayers go out to her family…

Sent to me by Matthew Riggins.

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