Woman shot dead by police after she kills her two daughters

Houston: A 42-year-old mother in Texas shot and killed her two teenage daughters before a responding police officer shot and killed her, authorities said.

The woman shot her 19- and 17-year-old daughters on Friday in the Westheimer Lakes-North neighborhood near the Houston suburbs of Fulshear and Katy, the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office said. After someone called 911, a Fulshear police officer shot the mother when she refused to put down her weapon, the sheriff’s office said.

The daughters were found on the street with gunshot wounds. The 19-year-old died at the scene; the 17-year-old died at a hospital, the sheriff’s office said. The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office identified the mother as Christy Sheats and her daughters as 22-year-old Taylor Sheats and 17-year-old Madison Sheats. The woman’s husband was taken away by paramedics, but was not injured.

PTI