Police: Mom who killed daughters called 'family meeting' before shooting

KATY, TEXAS -  A Texas woman who shot and killed her two daughters on Friday called a family meeting before shooting the girls, detectives said on Monday. 

A Fulshear police officer shot and killed 42-year-old Christy Sheets Friday after she shot her daughters, 22-year-old Taylor and 17-year-old Madison.

Detectives said Christy called a family meeting, including her husband Jason, 45, and then pulled a gun and shot her two daughters as they gathered in the living room. The girls and their father ran out the front door where Madison collapsed and died.

Taylor ran into the street and Christy followed, shooting Taylor again, according to detectives. A witness said she went back inside the home to reload the gun as Jason ran to the end of the cul-de-sac.

When officers arrived, they saw Christy shoot Taylor a third time. The 42-year-old  ignored their orders to drop her gun so the officer fired one shot, killing her.

Taylor was airlifted to Memorial Hermann Hospital where she died.

Jason wasn't injured, but he had to be taken to the hospital because he was so broken up. Friday was his birthday.

"Dad really loved the daughters, kids were well mannered, very respectable as well," said Chapin Knickerson, a neighbor.

Sabeeh Siddiqui, heard the family fighting next door and witnesses the end of the altercation on Friday afternoon.

"I just heard a quarrel, a domestic dispute," Siddiqui said. "I didn't want to get involved, but soon afterwards, I heard a gunshot, so I opened up the blinds, and I saw a police officer aiming his gun toward somebody and saying drop your weapon."

Happy Daughter's Day to my two amazing,... - Christy Byrd Sheats | Facebook

Taylor graduated with honors from Lone Star College Cy-Fair in the spring of 2015. According to a relative, she was planning to marry her long-time boyfriend.

Madison was going to be a senior at Seven Lakes High School.

Christy Sheats' former employer says he was shocked by the news.

"It shook me to the core. It was shocking, truly shocking," said John Hollis, who employed Christy for several months last year at his tattoo removal business. "She had a charm about her; apparently that was something that if she wanted to turn it on, she could turn it on and if turned the other way, it turned the other way."

He says she worked as a receptionist, answering phone calls and booking appointments, not as a business manager as she has on her LinkedIn page.

Hollis says he didn't notice any warning signs, but he did say she was separated from her husband and kids at the time.

A family friend in Alabama told KHOU-TV the Sheats were having marital problems and that Jason was doing everything he could to fix their issues.

"I don't think anyone at any time at any place can ever tell me anything that will make any sense of this awful, awful tragedy," Hollis said.

Mom fatally shoots 2 daughters before police kill her

The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office has responded to 14 calls for service at the residence since January of 2012. Three of those calls were for attempted suicide, but investigators aren't saying who was involved.

"Due to legal constraints issued by the county attorney, the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office cannot describe the other calls for service, or release the 911 calls at this time," the sheriff's office said in a written statement.

Posts on Christy's Facebook page gave no indication of any family issues.