Florida mother kills 4 children, then herself, deputies say

[Eugene]

Source: msnbc.com

Florida mother kills 4 children, then herself, deputies say

By Jim Gold, msnbc.com

Updated at 1:20 p.m. ET: A Florida mother killed her four children and then shot herself Tuesday morning as Brevard County, Fla., deputies closed in on her Port St. John home, authorities said.

Deputies said the mother, identified as Tanya Thomas, 33, sent a warning text message to a friend before the shootings, but the friend didn’t see the text until later.

Three of the children, at least one already wounded, fled to the home of a neighbor who had been awakened by gunfire, but Thomas immediately called the children back and killed them, sheriff’s spokesman Tom Goodyear said.

The neighbor called 911 as they left his home, Goodyear said.

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1. The NRA won't be happy until you can buy a gun from a vending machine.

Florida would be its perfect test market.