Texas mother charged with capital murder after two sons shot dead in Waxahachie

Right · 2Colleen Nichole Lemmon, 42, has been charged with two counts of capital murder after her two sons were shot dead at a home on Big Sky Drive in Waxahachie, Texas, according to the Ellis County Sheriff's Office. 1 2 Right · 2Deputies were called to the address early on Thursday; Fox News says the call about an "unknown emergency" came just before 4:15 a.m., while the New York Post puts the response at around 4 a.m. and describes the home as a mobile home or trailer. 1 2 Right · 2Christopher Scott Pitre, 21, was pronounced dead at the scene. His 15-year-old brother, named by the Post as Brian Pitre, was taken to hospital in critical condition and later died. 1 2

Right · 2According to an arrest affidavit obtained by FOX 4, deputies found Lemmon covered in blood with apparently self-inflicted cuts to her wrists and a handgun nearby, and she allegedly told officers, "I shot both my kids." 1 2 Right · 2Fox News reports that her injuries were not life-threatening, that she was taken to a local hospital for treatment, and that she is held on a $2.5 million bond. The Post, citing police and reports, says she allegedly shot the boys in the head; Fox does not give that detail. 1 2 Right · 2Scott Pitre, the boys' father, told NBC 5 that the younger son had just celebrated his 15th birthday and that he wants justice. A neighbour, Ida Brown, told FOX 4 the killings were "heartbreaking". 1 2

Right · 2Sheriff Brad Norman offered sympathies to the victims' father, family and loved ones. The Post says a motive remains unclear, and that the Ellis County Criminal Investigations Division did not immediately respond to its request for comment. 2 1