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Denied Food Stamps, Mom Shoots Kids & Self

(Paul J. Weber/AP) — A Laredo, Texas woman who for months was unable to qualify for food stamps pulled a gun in a state welfare office and staged a seven-hour standoff with police that ended with her shooting her two children before killing herself, officials said Tuesday. The children, a 10-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl, …

Denied Food Stamps, Mom Shoots Kids & Self”