Taylor Sheats

Deadly force

Christy Sheats, armed with her late father's .38-caliber revolver, shot her daughters Taylor and Madison in front of her husband, Jason. He helped them escape the house. Christy followed them outside and continued shooting. She returned to the house to reload. Officers responded. Christy tried to shoot her dying daughters again. An officer shot her. Sheats, who suffered from depression, was the subject of 14 calls to 911. She left her husband alive to spite him.