Winston-Salem, NC – On Tuesday, a mother allegedly shot her three children at a home on the south side of Winston-Salem while on a Facetime call with her husband. The mother then reportedly turned the gun on herself.
The incident was witnessed by the children’s father on the other end of the call who alerted police, the Winston-Salem Journal reported.
Police believe the youngest girl was shot first, followed by the older girl who screamed before being shot twice. The boy was the last child to be shot.
After They also discovered the three children, two girls, and one boy, deceased from gunshot wounds. The children were identified as 9-year-old Sakendra Steele, 12-year-old Sakenya Steele, and 14-year-old Sakenlo Steele Jr.
Police conducted a thorough investigation at the scene, but the motive behind the shooting remains unknown.
The investigation is ongoing.receiving a distress call, officers forced entry into the home on Brookhill Drive and found the mother, 40-year-old Ethel Syretha Steele, dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
