Wednesday, June 29th, 2016

‘Don’t do this. They’re our kids!’ Texas father watched in horror as his wife shot and killed their daughters on his birthday before she was fatally shot by police officer

Author: Khaleda Rahman and Jessica Chia
Source: The Daily Mail (U.K.)
Publication Date: 12:05 EST, 26 June 2016
Link: ‘Don’t do this. They’re our kids!’ Texas father watched in horror as his wife shot and killed their daughters on his birthday before she was fatally shot by police officer

Stephan: This is an example of domestic gunfire, the reality behind domestic abusers having easy access to guns. Part of the reason I chose this story was that it was murder, but not by a man. You are five times more likely to be shot by a domestic firearm, than one outside the family or house. I think it is also important to note that this was a lead story in a large U.K. paper, yet did not "make the news" in the U.S.-- too commonplace, I guess. Just remember 92 people a day die by shooting themselves or being shot.

Christy Sheats

The husband of a Texas woman who fatally shot her two daughters in a quiet suburb outside Houston before she was killed by a police officer had begged her not to kill them, saying: ‘Don’t do this. They’re our kids.’

Christy Sheats, 42, shot her daughters Madison, 17, and Taylor Sheats, 22, after a family dispute spilled out of their home and onto the street in Fulshear on Friday evening.

Neighbors said Jason Sheats, 45, had watched in horror as his wife shot their children on his birthday.

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