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A mother fatally shot her two daughters on a public street near Houston, Texas, on Friday afternoon, before she too was shot dead by police.
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Christy Sheats, and her daughters Madison and Taylor Sheats.
Around 5 p.m. local time, officers began receiving 911 calls about shots fired in the city of Fulshear, just to the west of Houston, the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office wrote on Facebook.
When they arrived on scene, they found Madison Sheats, 17, and her sister, Taylor, 22, had been shot.
One of the girls died on the street, but another was flown to a hospital in critical condition but could not be saved.
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On Saturday, the Sheriff’s office identified the girls’ mother, Christy Sheats, 42, as the shooter.
“The armed shooter was also in the street and, after refusing to drop her weapon, was shot and killed by a Fulshear officer,” the Sheriff’s office said.
“Our officer was forced to take action,” the Fulshear Police Department wrote on Facebook, without identifying the officer involved. “He was not injured and no deputies were injured.”
“This was a tragic and unfortunate occurrence and we are deeply saddened by the results,” police said.
“This has been a family disturbance,” Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls told reporters, “and it appears that the mother ended up shooting her two children.”
“It was a family argument that turned into a shooting,” Nehls told the Houston Chronicle. “But we’re still trying to put the pieces together.”
The sheriff said he was not yet sure if the girls were first shot inside their home or on the street.
He said their father was at home at the time of the time of the incident and was now distraught.
“He’s going through a very difficult time,” Sheriff Nehls said.
On her Facebook profile, Christy Sheats routinely praised her daughters.
“Happy Daughter’s Day to my two amazing, sweet, kind, beautiful, intelligent girls,” she wrote in September last year. “I love and treasure you both more than you could ever possibly know.”
She also posted messages in support of the Second Amendment.
“It would be horribly tragic if my ability to protect myself or my family were to be taken away,” she wrote in March, “but that’s exactly what Democrats are determined to do by banning semi-automatic handguns.”
A mother fatally shot her two daughters on a public street near Houston, Texas, on Friday afternoon, before she too was shot dead by police.
Christy Sheats, and her daughters Madison and Taylor Sheats.
Around 5 p.m. local time, officers began receiving 911 calls about shots fired in the city of Fulshear, just to the west of Houston, the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office wrote on Facebook.
When they arrived on scene, they found Madison Sheats, 17, and her sister, Taylor, 22, had been shot.
One of the girls died on the street, but another was flown to a hospital in critical condition but could not be saved.
On Saturday, the Sheriff’s office identified the girls’ mother, Christy Sheats, 42, as the shooter.
“The armed shooter was also in the street and, after refusing to drop her weapon, was shot and killed by a Fulshear officer,” the Sheriff’s office said.
“Our officer was forced to take action,” the Fulshear Police Department wrote on Facebook, without identifying the officer involved. “He was not injured and no deputies were injured.”
“This was a tragic and unfortunate occurrence and we are deeply saddened by the results,” police said.
“This has been a family disturbance,” Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls told reporters, “and it appears that the mother ended up shooting her two children.”
“It was a family argument that turned into a shooting,” Nehls told the Houston Chronicle. “But we’re still trying to put the pieces together.”
The sheriff said he was not yet sure if the girls were first shot inside their home or on the street.
He said their father was at home at the time of the time of the incident and was now distraught.
“He’s going through a very difficult time,” Sheriff Nehls said.
On her Facebook profile, Christy Sheats routinely praised her daughters.
“Happy Daughter’s Day to my two amazing, sweet, kind, beautiful, intelligent girls,” she wrote in September last year. “I love and treasure you both more than you could ever possibly know.”
She also posted messages in support of the Second Amendment.
“It would be horribly tragic if my ability to protect myself or my family were to be taken away,” she wrote in March, “but that’s exactly what Democrats are determined to do by banning semi-automatic handguns.”
