Michael Brea, an actor who has apeared on the show, “Ugly Betty,” repeatedly stabbed and killed his mother with a Freemason ceremonial sword early this morning, November 23, while chanting Biblical phrases police said.

Michael Brea’s mother, Yannick Brea, was found in her second-floor Brooklyn apartment around 2:20 a.m. with multiple stab wounds. It took police almost 45 minutes to finally get into the apartment.

Michael Brea has been taken into custody and is undergoing psychiatric evaluation at Kings Country Hospital.

Earlier in the night police were called to the apartment for domestic disturbance, but left shortly after their arrival neighbors said.