Texas woman shot daughters ‘to make ex suffer’

A Texas woman who shot dead her two daughters did not target her estranged husband as she “wanted him to suffer” the memory of their deaths, a sheriff said.

Christy Sheats, aged 42, a pro-gun activist, “had ample time” last Friday to shoot Jason Sheats after she called a family meeting at their home west of Houston, Fort Bend County sheriff Troy Nehls said.

Jason Sheats, 45, thought his wife was going to discuss a possible divorce with the couple’s daughters, Mr Nehls said, but she instead shot Madison Sheats, 17, and Taylor Sheats, 22.