Mom-of-four ‘shoots three of her daughters and leaves one fighting for her life’
A mother-of-four shot all her daughters, murdering three of them and leaving one fighting for her life, and then turned the gun on herself.
Tranyelle Harshman, 32, opened fire on her own children aged 2, 2, 7 and 9 inside their home in Byron, Wyoming, on Monday, said the Big Horn County Sheriff’s Office.
A woman called 911 saying ‘her daughters had been shot’ and that she believed her kids were dead, according to the sheriff’s office.
She also told dispatchers that she would be in her upstairs bedroom and planned to shoot herself.
‘The dispatcher pleaded with the female caller over the phone for the female caller to remain on the line until responding suits arrived,’ stated the sheriff’s office.
‘The female caller stated multiple times that she could not do that and that it was too late.’
Shortly afterward, the call was disconnected.
Harshman and her 7-year-old daughter Olivia were taken to a nearby hospital, where the mom was pronounce dead.
Her daughter was airlifted to Billings, Montana, and then to Salt Lake City ‘for the closest and best neurology care team’, according to a GoFundMe page.
‘Olivia has suffered severe traumatic brain injury and is fighting hard for her life!’ states the page.
‘She is in critical condition; the next few days will be crucial for her outcome.’
‘If she does pull through this, she and the family have a very long road ahead of them, a lot of unknown right now. This loss and hurt is unimaginable.’
The page identified the oldest sibling as Brailey and stated that the two younger victims were half-sisters.
They are survived by their father Quinn and his wife Katelynn Blackmer, who are a young family and have a one-year-old boy.
‘When you’re in a small community like this, you know, everyone rubs shoulders with everyone. It’s just devastating,’ Byron Mayor Allen Clark told MTN News on Tuesday.
‘I just hope and pray that the family can endure and hopefully brighter days ahead.’
The GoFundMe page for the Blackmers had raised more than $42,000 as of Wednesday afternoon.
It happened more than a year after a Massachusetts mother allegedly strangled her three children to death before trying to kill herself.
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