Police say a St. Petersburg woman forced her son to jump out of a second story window, before she also jumped.

The woman, 32-year-old Michelle Vail, will be charged with aggravated child abuse. While the 7-year-old boy will be taken into DCF custody.

At around 6:38 Thursday morning, officers were called to a second floor apartment on the 300 block of 7th Avenue North.

Vail had made a frightened, distraught call to 911. Officers describe Vail as deranged. She thought there was a serial killer at her door.

“She was saying that….her ex-boyfriend was at the door, that she needed police, that he was coming in,” said St. Petersburg Police Department spokesperson Yolanda Fernandez.

But when officers arrived, they didn’t see anybody, and oddly, Vail would not allow the officers to come inside and she started yelling at them.

“When they got here, there was no one here and when they went upstairs, she said, ‘no you’re not the real police! Go away! I don’t believe you!” said Fernandez when describing what happened.

“She was incoherent, not really making a whole lot of sense,” Major Michael Kovacsev said.

The officers began to leave when they discovered that Vail had a shotgun.

Then, they heard her 7-year-old son Oscar screaming and glass breaking. As police tried to get inside, Vail allegedly smashed a window, dropped her weapon and ordered her son to jump.

Moments later, Oscar and his mother were lying on the ground, outside of the second story apartment.

“She told him there was a serial killer coming after them, and she had smashed out the window so he could exit the residence,” Kovacsev said.

The two were immediately taken to a hospital for treatment, but officers say they will be ok.

A neighbor said Vail has only been in St. Pete for a few weeks.

“We were there when she moved in and she just seemed really nice whenever we said hi to each other,” Marge Levy said. “Why would she be pushed to be so scared of something and to go to that extreme?”

“I’m not here to judge or assume anything so I just hope that she’s OK,” Levy added.

Police said Vail has no criminal history. They aren’t sure if she suffers from mental illness or if drugs are involved.