Keith Woodward (Broward County Sheriff”s Office).

Keith Evan Woodward, aged 53, has been charged with attempted murder following an incident that took place on a Sunday in Coral Springs, according to court documents. An arrest affidavit, which was shared by WPLG, a local ABC station, suggests that Woodward’s motivation was his mother’s condition and the constant care it necessitated.

According to the affidavit, the confrontation began around 11:20 a.m. while Woodward and his mother were attempting to contact a caregiver. After she went to rest in her bedroom, Woodward reportedly retrieved a frying pan from the kitchen and began assaulting her with it. This led to what police described as a “violent struggle.”

Woodward is also accused of pinning his mother down and trying to suffocate her with bed pillows. Despite the assault, his mother resisted by pushing and pinching him, all the while repeatedly shouting that she was unable to breathe, as recorded in the affidavit cited by WPLG.

Woodward allegedly got on top of his mother and “attempted to smother her with pillows from the bed.” His mother fought back by pushing and pinching him while “repeatedly yelling that she could not breathe,” the affidavit stated per WPLG.

The victim was able to escape from her son’s grasp by sliding to the floor and then running outside as he chased her. Woodward eventually stopped chasing her and felt guilty, so he called the cops on himself. He reportedly said he was “going to hell” for what he did.

Paramedics transported the “alert and conscious” victim to the hospital. She suffered “severe bruising,” and doctors were still trying to determine the “true extent of her injuries” at the time cops submitted the affidavit.

Woodward is being held at the Broward County Jail without bond.