Small-Town Wyoming Mom Called 911, Reported Her Four Kids Shot Then Shot Herself

A Byron, Wyoming, mother called 911 to report her four daughters had been shot, then shot herself in the head Monday, the Big Horn County Sheriff’s Office reported Tuesday. Three children are dead, while the condition of the fourth and mother are unknown.

Clair McFarland
February 11, 2025
5 min read


A Byron, Wyoming, mother shot her four daughters, called 911 to report it, then shot herself in the head Monday, the Big Horn County Sheriff’s Office reported Tuesday. Three children are dead, while the condition of the fourth and mother are unknown. (Via Tranyelle Harshman's Facebook)

BYRON — A local woman shot her four children — killing three — and then shot herself Monday, the Big Horn County Sheriff’s Office says in a statement that cites audio of the woman’s own 911 call. ... The woman called 911 at 1:30 p.m. to report her four daughters had been shot, says a statement the sheriff’s office released Tuesday. She told the dispatcher she believed the girls were dead: two would be upstairs in their cribs and two would be downstairs, or ground level, in their shared bedroom, the statement relates.

The woman said she was going to shoot herself and could be found in her upstairs bedroom of the Byron, Wyoming, home, says the statement. ... The dispatcher pleaded with her, and urged her to stay on the line until first responders could arrive. ... But the woman kept saying it was too late, says the statement.

“Multiple attempts to keep her on the line failed and the call was disconnected,” it adds.

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