A woman who shot herself, her two children, and another woman earlier this month used a gun that she stole from her parents. She also sent text messages before the incident.
Jessica Edens called her estranged husband once right before she shot her daughter, 5, and her son, 9, in the back of her Jeep in Columbia, South Carolina, according to CBS News, citing Pickens County Chief Deputy Creed Hashe.
Days before the July 13 shootings, a custody dispute in a family court apparently upset her, said Hashe, citing communications and other text messages that were discovered after the killings.
“Text messages and other written content clearly indicate that Mrs. Edens developed a plan in the next couple of days that she felt would cause everlasting consequences for her husband,” Pickens County Chief Deputy Creed Hashe said in a written statement on Monday, USA Today reported.
