Mom fatally shoots herself while driving with daughter on Interstate 10

A California woman driving on Interstate 10 in New Mexico fatally shot herself in the chest while barreling down the highway after failing to get her 9-year-old daughter to pull the trigger for her, according to reports.

The car came to a stop on the side of the road and the girl rushed out of the car where she was assisted by other passing motorists.

She told witness that her mother had begun having breathing problems and pleaded with the girl to shoot her. The daughter refused, so the mother pulled the trigger herself.

Family members said the woman, a medic in the Army Reserves, and her daughter were on their way Oklahoma to visit relatives, the Las Cruces Sun News reported.

-- Lance Murray

Comments

[Private Space]

what's the real story. you don't shoot yourself because you have a problem breathing.

[ob1]

This world has gone crazy! There's no telling what psychological damage this woman has caused to her 9 yr old daughter. What a coward!!!

[Chris]

Holy moly,

I have been coughing for two weeks since I got a new cardiac defibrillator. Maybe I should unload my guns, or at least keep them out of the car.

I would hate to shoot myself in front of my dogs. Well, I would hate to shoot myself at all.

[Too soon?]

well she was travelling to Oklahoma, so you can't really blame her.

[G-Man]

This is sad. There is obviously a lot more to this story and the woman was clearly having mental and/or emotional problems.

I can only hope your death creates a news blurb that others can make jokes and sick comments about. And maybe your family can read them.