Sheriff: Texas girls plot to kill their families; one shoots dad

WEATHERFORD, Texas — A 12-year-old lady shot her father after which shot herself within the head in a plot with one other lady to kill their households, officers stated Thursday night time.

The incident occurred round 11:30 p.m. Tuesday at a house in northwest Parker County, according to the Parker County Sheriff’s Office.

Officials stated each the lady and her father had been flown to hospitals, however extra information about their circumstances was not launched.

Deputies responded to a taking pictures name Tuesday night time and located the lady laying on the road with an obvious gunshot wound to her head, officers stated. They additionally discovered her 38-year-old father contained in the household’s dwelling with a gunshot wound to his abdomen.

Investigators realized that the lady was believed to have shot her father, left the scene after which shot herself. Deputies discovered a handgun beneath her.

While deputies investigated, they realized that the lady had deliberate for weeks to kill her household and their pets, officers stated. She had been in touch with one other lady Lufkin. The lady in Lufkin additionally deliberate to kill her father, officers stated, however she did not undergo with it.

The two girls deliberate to have the Parker County lady drive to Lufkin, decide up the opposite lady after which run away to Georgia, officers stated.

Lufkin police are additionally investigating the case. The Lufkin lady faces a cost of legal conspiracy, in accordance to Parker County authorities.

Neither lady’s identify has been launched, as they’re juveniles. Authorities are additionally not releasing the identify of the Parker County lady’s father as a result of it might reveal the juvenile’s id.

The sheriff’s workplace remains to be investigating the case. More information has not been launched.