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Nevada teenager Mashenka Reid has been accused of fatally shooting her father and younger brother, reportedly telling a 911 operator that she “couldn’t control the urge to kill” them.
The slayings allegedly happened in the family’s Reno, Nev., home last Friday, according to a probable cause statement filed in the case and obtained by NBC affiliate KRNV.
NBC reports that a neighbour called police shortly after 4 p.m. to report arguing and gunshots from a nearby residence. Three minutes later, a different person called 911 and told the dispatcher, “I shot my dad. I shot my brother. I think my brother is dead.”
She also allegedly told the dispatcher, “I couldn’t control the urge to kill somebody,” according to the reported affidavit.
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When Reno police arrived at the home they found the body of Reid’s younger brother, believed to be four or five years old, on the living room couch with a gunshot wound to the head, reports the Reno Gazette Journal, citing the affidavit.
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The body of her father, identified by police as 39-year-old Justin Reid, was found in the garage with gunshot wounds to the chest and back.
Reid, 17, told dispatchers she was outside and had dropped the gun, a Walther PPS, inside the home, according to the probable cause statement.
2 News Nevada reports that Reid’s sister was found alive when an officer kicked in a door to a locked bedroom.
Reid, a minor, was read the juvenile Miranda Admonishment, reports 2 News, and declined to speak with law enforcement.
Reid has now been charged as an adult and faces two counts of open murder with a deadly weapon and one count of attempted murder with a deadly weapon.
She is due in court for a bail hearing on Thursday.
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