A mentally ill mother has shot and killed her four children, including an infant, and her neighbor before turning the gun on herself at an apartment complex, Police in Louisiana said.
Monroe Police Chief Reggie Brown confirmed the six deaths that occurred Thursday night and identified 30-year-old Brittany Tucker as the shooter in the quintuple murder-suicide.
Brown told news outlets on Friday that Tucker suffered from mental health issues and appeared to be going through a crisis. She had been seen waving a gun at the Parkwood Apartments in the days before the shootings.
Brittany Tucker, 30 [left], shot dead her 20-year-old neighbor Anteshia Logwood, [right], then her own children and herself in Monroe, Louisiana, police said
Anteshia Logwood, 20, was shot and killed at the apartment complex shortly before 8 pm on Thursday.
Brown said Logwood had dismissed an irrational remark that Tucker had made, the Monroe News Star reported.
Tucker asked Logwood, ‘What are you laughing at?’ before fatally shooting the young woman in the chest, reported KNOE.
Brown said Tucker then returned to her apartment and shot her children.
Police identified the slain children as Tremayne Tucker, 12 (pictured far left); Trechelle Tucker, eight and Treasure Tucker, five (pictured together, right)
Police identified the four children as Tremayne Tucker, 12; Trechelle Tucker, eight; Treasure Tucker, five; and Glory Tucker, five months old.
The youngest of the victims killed by Brittany Tucker was her five-month-old baby, Glory Tucker