Texas mom who killed her two daughters had recently tried to ground
the older one so she couldn’t see her boyfriend, police said Wednesday.
Christy Sheats, 42, had argued with her daughter Taylor, 22, and her husband Jason Sheats about the daughter's boyfriend, whom she wanted to marry, in the days leading up to the shooting Friday at the family’s suburban Houston home, said Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls.
The depressed and suicidal mom used an unlicensed heirloom gun to kill
Taylor and her younger sister Madison, 17, at a family meeting her
husband thought would be about their possible divorce, Nehls said.
Christy Sheats “had ample time” to shoot her estranged husband, but she “wanted him to suffer” watching her kill their children, Nehls said. A police officer fatally shot Christy Sheats when she refused orders to drop her gun outside the house in a Katy subdivision, Nehls said
“She accomplished what she set out to do, and that is to make him suffer,” Nehls said at a news conference the day after investigators interviewed Jason Sheats.
The couple of 20 years originally from Alabama had talked about a divorce as Christy Sheats struggled through three attempted suicides and stints at three different mental health institutions since 2012, investigators said. She was taking depression and anxiety medication.
Jason Sheats, 45, told investigators he thought they would be discussing the possible divorce at the meeting his wife called Friday. The couple had recently clashed over her view that they should ground their eldest daughter to keep her away from her longtime boyfriend.
The happy couple had plans to marry, with a date set for as early as Monday. And Jason Sheats had told his wife he didn’t think it would be appropriate to ground their adult daughter.
Sheats said she began drinking heavily after the 2012 death of her grandfather, whom she viewed as her mentor, according to Nehls. The vocal gun rights advocate applied for a license to carry the .38-caliber handgun her grandfather left for her, but the state rejected her request, he said.
Investigators were still working Wednesday to find the exact reason for the denial. Nehls has identified the heirloom as the gun used in the attack.
Christy Sheats, 42, had argued with her daughter Taylor, 22, and her husband Jason Sheats about the daughter's boyfriend, whom she wanted to marry, in the days leading up to the shooting Friday at the family’s suburban Houston home, said Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls.
The depressed and suicidal mom used an unlicensed heirloom gun to kill
Taylor and her younger sister Madison, 17, at a family meeting her
husband thought would be about their possible divorce, Nehls said.Christy Sheats “had ample time” to shoot her estranged husband, but she “wanted him to suffer” watching her kill their children, Nehls said. A police officer fatally shot Christy Sheats when she refused orders to drop her gun outside the house in a Katy subdivision, Nehls said
“She accomplished what she set out to do, and that is to make him suffer,” Nehls said at a news conference the day after investigators interviewed Jason Sheats.
The couple of 20 years originally from Alabama had talked about a divorce as Christy Sheats struggled through three attempted suicides and stints at three different mental health institutions since 2012, investigators said. She was taking depression and anxiety medication.
Jason Sheats, 45, told investigators he thought they would be discussing the possible divorce at the meeting his wife called Friday. The couple had recently clashed over her view that they should ground their eldest daughter to keep her away from her longtime boyfriend.
The happy couple had plans to marry, with a date set for as early as Monday. And Jason Sheats had told his wife he didn’t think it would be appropriate to ground their adult daughter.
Sheats said she began drinking heavily after the 2012 death of her grandfather, whom she viewed as her mentor, according to Nehls. The vocal gun rights advocate applied for a license to carry the .38-caliber handgun her grandfather left for her, but the state rejected her request, he said.
Investigators were still working Wednesday to find the exact reason for the denial. Nehls has identified the heirloom as the gun used in the attack.
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