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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Mother shot teenage son, daughter, and boyfriend before killing self

Mother shot teenage son, daughter, and boyfriend before killing self:

Today News : Sandra Palmer, 47, shot her 14-year-old son, Maurice Edmonds II, her 18-year-old daughter and the children’s father before killing herself Monday morning after a dispute inside a Greensboro home, Police Chief Ken Miller said Tuesday during a press conference.
Edmonds II died in the shooting.  The two other victims, Danielle Imani Jameison, 18, and Maurice Eugene Edmonds Sr., 46, were both seriously injured and are listed in stable condition at Moses Cone Hospital.
Jameison is Palmer’s daughter.  Edmonds Sr. is the children’s father, but was not married to Palmer, police said.
“The two adults had a 17-year relationship.  There was a dispute in the morning in the living room.  Sandra Palmer was the shooter,” Miller said.
Miller says investigators are not sure which child was shot first, but both children were shot b

“She retrieved a firearm and came back in the living room.  She maced Mr. Edmonds Sr. to disable him and began to discharge that firearm, striking her son and daughter multiple times,” Miller said.
After Palmer shot her children, police say Edmonds Sr. tried to get the gun away from her before he was shot.
Miller said Palmer then locked herself in another room and shot herself with a second handgun.
All evidence and statements suggest Palmer acted alone, Miller said.
One revolver and a semi-automatic gun were used in the shooting, Miller said.
Capt. K.L. Whitesell with the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Palmer applied for one gun permit on Dec. 11, 2012.  She retrieved the permit nine days later on Dec. 20.
“There were no disqualifiers on the background check — just a couple of minor traffic offenses,” Whitesell wrote in an email.
Palmer checked a box that said the reason for purchasing a pistol was, “Protection of self, family home, business property.”  Other options on the permit include “target shooting,” “collecting,” “hunting,” and “other.”  The permit listed a Winston-Salem address as a previous residence.
No registration has been found for the second firearm.

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