Houston mother shot after killing her children

Houston, Tex. (KPRC) — An Houston, Texas officer was forced to fatally shoot mother Christy Sheats Friday afternoon after she killed her two daughters.

When officers arrived at the home, they said Sheats was still holding a gun. Her daughters were lying in the street nearby.

“The cops were behind the trees and behind the cars, and they told the mom to put the gun down and obviously she did not,” neighbor Fazz Zainuddin said.

Deputies said her husband, also the victims’ father, watched the brutal killings.

Investigators and neighbors are still trying to piece together what started this tragic incident.