12-year-old Texas girl who shot father before shooting herself in head planned to kill entire family, deputies say

WEATHERFORD, Texas – A 12-year-old shot her father in the stomach before turning the gun on herself after planning to kill her entire household, in accordance to Parker County Sheriff Russ Authier.

The incident occurred Tuesday night round 11:30 p.m. in a residence in Weatherford, situated in northwest Parker County, roughly 40 minutes west of Fort Worth.

“Sheriff’s deputies were called to a shooting and located a 12-year-old female lying in the street with what appeared to be a gunshot wound to the head,” in accordance to a press launch. “A handgun was located lying underneath the juvenile suspect.”

The girl’s father, 38, was discovered contained in the household’s dwelling with a gunshot wound to the stomach.

Investigators stated the girl is believed to have shot her father before turning the gun on herself.

Parker County Sheriff’s Criminal Investigations Division members stated that the girl “had planned for several weeks to murder her family and pets and had been in contact with another juvenile female from Lufkin regarding the murder plot.”

The different juvenile in Lufkin additionally planned to homicide her father, however didn’t undergo with it, investigators stated.

The pair planned for the Weatherford juvenile to drive to Lufkin, decide up the second juvenile suspect and run away collectively to Georgia.

Both the girl and her father had been airlifted to native hospitals following the shootings. Their situations are unknown presently.

Parker County Sheriff’s investigators have charged the Lufkin juvenile with legal conspiracy in the planning of the homicide plot. Details concerning prices for the Weatherford girl weren’t instantly out there.

“Due to the injuries, the age of the juveniles and the sensitive case matter, information released regarding this case will be limited,” stated Authier.

Lufkin Police are additionally investigating the incident.