Mother fatally shoots sons, 9 months old and 3, then herself, Pasco sheriff says

The father walked in on the tragic scene at their Land O’ Lakes home and called 911, sheriff’s officials said.

NEW PORT RICHEY — A father walked into his Land O’ Lakes home Wednesday evening to find that the mother of his children had shot their two young sons to death before turning a gun on herself, sheriff’s officials said.

The boys were 9 months old and 3, Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco said at a news conference Thursday at the Sheriff’s Office in New Port Richey.

Nocco used the incident to issue a plea for more emphasis across society on dealing with mental health issues, pointing to mental health as a factor in the mother’s actions – “a decision that was beyond horrific.”

Sheriff’s officials did not identify the victims, citing Marsy’s Law – a voter-approved amendment to the state Constitution that was meant to protect crime victims but that denies the public information long available under Florida’s public records laws.

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