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Re: Mother shoots, kills two daughters
ABC 13 reports that a mother shot and killed her two daughters in Texas on Friday evening.
Fort Bend County Sheriff's deputies say Taylor Sheats, 22, and Madison Sheats, 17, were shot and killed by their mother Christy Sheats, 42, on Friday around 5pm. A Fulshear police officer shot and killed Christy when she refused to drop her weapon.
An eyewitness saw Taylor, Madison and husband/father, Jason Sheats, 45, running out of their home. According to them, both daughters were already wounded. They recounted that Christy followed them outside, where Taylor collapsed on the street. Christy then went back inside, reloaded her gun, and emerged to shoot Madison in the back.
Christy was killed by a responding police officer after she refused to drop her gun, authorities said.
Only the husband/father, Jason, was not harmed.
Neighbors said he watched in horror as his wife shot their children on his birthday. Click2Houston reports that neighbor Fazz Zainuddin says a police officer pleading with the mother before she shot her two daughters.
'[The officer] heard the dad say, "Don't do this. They're our kids",' Zainuddin said.
Sheriff Troy Nehls said the shooting was apparently after a family fight, but exact details have not been released.
It emerged that Christy, who worked as a business manager at a laser tattoo removal clinic, was also an outspoken gun rights advocate.
"It would be horribly tragic if my ability to protect myself or my family were to be taken away, but that's exactly what Democrats are determined to do by banning semi-automatic handguns," she wrote in a March Facebook post.
Grief has been pouring out from the community, especially from the friends of the girls.
"[Taylor] was just such a sweet girl. She had tons of friends, me and him both. I just can't believe it happened," said one friend.
"Madison brought nothing but happiness to everyone she ever met. She was nice to everyone and she wouldn't have harmed a fly," another friend said.
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