NewsMay 6, 2013
Mother shoots son before fatally shooting herself
WENTZVILLE, Mo. -- An eastern Missouri woman is dead and her son is hospitalized after she apparently shot him before turning the gun on herself. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the shooting in Wentzville was reported around 3:30 p.m. Saturday by the woman's son, who told police his mother had shot him and then shot herself...Associated Press
WENTZVILLE, Mo. -- An eastern Missouri woman is dead and her son is hospitalized after she apparently shot him before turning the gun on herself.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the shooting in Wentzville was reported around 3:30 p.m. Saturday by the woman's son, who told police his mother had shot him and then shot herself.
Wentzville police officers found the son lying on a driveway. One officer picked him up and carried him to an ambulance about a block away.
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His mother was found inside the home, dead from a gunshot wound.
The boy was listed in stable condition in a St. Louis hospital. Police declined to release his name because he is a juvenile.
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Information from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, http://www.stltoday.com
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