Shocking moment mom, 26, 'runs over and kills her three-year-old son during a ...

Shocking moment Houston mom, 26, 'runs over and kills her three-year-old son during a game of CHICKEN after driving forward as her three children tried to run away from her SUV' Lexus Stagg is charged with criminally negligent homicide after her son's death  Footage appears to show her driving forward as her children tried to run away  Stagg claimed to have hit her son 'as she reversed from a parking spot', cops say But video shot on June 11 shows the SUV reversing as children run after it  The driver then pulls forward as the kids try to run out of the way of the vehicle  Two manage to flee but one is hit before being run over twice, according to cops 'Car's aren't toys and playing chicken with your kids isn't a game', the DA said 

By Lauren Fruen For Dailymail.com

Published: 05:50 BST, 22 June 2019 | Updated: 05:50 BST, 22 June 2019

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This is the shocking moment a Houston mother appears to run over and kill her three-year-old son during a game of chicken. 

Lexus Stagg, 26, is charged with criminally negligent homicide after horrifying security footage appeared to show her driving forward as her three young children tried to run away from her 5,600 pound SUV. 

Police say Stagg had claimed she had not seen the boy who 'ran behind her vehicle as she backed out of her parking spot'. 

And law enforcement had originally called his death an 'unfortunate accident' after she is said to have told them she thought she had hit a speed bump.  

But security footage shot from a nearby property on June 11 looks to show the mother reversing back as her three young children run after her car. 

Footage shows the driver then pulls forward as the youngsters try to run out of the way of the

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