New details have emerged regarding the shooting of two young ladies from Katy, Texas.
Madison and Taylor Sheats were gunned down by their mother, Christy Sheats following a “family meeting,” according to neighbors.
Family friend Madison Davey told ABC-13 that Christy, 42, “was out to kill that day” when she called a family meeting in their living room. It also happened to be her husband, Jason’s birthday.
The couple were separated, but had recently reconciled. That day, however, the atmosphere inside the Sheats home was tense, and the girls got caught in the middle.
“He was the best dad ever,” Davey said of Jason.
“I would hang out with him and he loved being around us,” Davey recalled.
Davey spoke to Jason about what happened, and he recalled that he begged his wife not to shoot their kids.
“Just shoot yourself,” he said. “Make it easy on all of us, just shoot yourself.”
Christy refused, according to Davey, telling him “No, that’s not what this is about, this is about punishing you.”
Christy opened fire on her daughters, who ran out the front door with their dad.
Madison, 17, collapsed before she could leave the property, and while Taylor, 22, managed to make it as far as the street.
When police arrived, they found Christy over Taylor’s body, which she shot again after reloading back in the house.
When she refused to surrender, officers fatally shot her.
“I always knew something would happen, but I never thought she would do this,” Davey said.
“Christy was toxic for the family. She was mentally unstable.”
Now Davey is helping with funeral preparations for the girls, who will be laid to rest in Alabama this week.
“They were so funny — for sisters, you would think they would fight, but no.
“They loved each other a lot and were always laughing.”
The gun Christy used was a .38-calibur handgun, reportedly passed down from her great-grandfather as a way to “protect her family.”
No official reports have been published yet on any mental issues Christy suffered.
