A Brownsville man has been charged with murder in the death of his mother on Friday afternoon.
The victim was identified as 48-year-old Gerlene A. Thorne of Brownsville.
At 2:56 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, the Linn County 911 Dispatch Center received an emergency call from a residence at 35288 Blakely Ave. in Brownsville. Dispatchers were told that a woman had been shot by her son, who had fled the residence in a vehicle with three…