FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas - New details have been released in a family violence case in which a mother killed her two daughters on a neighborhood street before being fatally shot by an officer in Katy. 
 
 Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office investigators said Christy Sheats, 42, shot and killed her two daughters, Taylor Sheats, 22, and Madison Sheats, 17. 
 
 Over the weekend, a member of the Sheats family, living in Alabama, wrote on Facebook that Taylor Sheats was to be married Monday in a small ceremony. 
 
 "They were to be married Monday. And later again after graduation from college with a big wedding," Ann Sheats Wooten wrote. 
 
 
 
 It is unclear whether the fateful family meeting called by Christy Sheats on Friday was to discuss the pending wedding. 
 
 According to officials, Christy Sheats had arranged a meeting with the family Friday at their home in the 6000 block of Remson Hollow Lane near Blanchard Grove Drive. When her daughters and husband, Jason Sheats, gathered in the living room, investigators said the mother pulled out a five-shot, .38-caliber handgun and shot the two women. 
 
 Officers said the daughters and their father managed to run out of the house, using the front door. Investigators said Madison Sheats collapsed and died, while Jason Sheats ran to the end of the cul-de-sac. 
 
 “We heard the dad say, 'Don't do this. They're our kids,'” neighbor Fazz Zainuddin said. 
 
 Christy Sheats chased Taylor Sheats down the street, shooting her again, deputies said. According to a witness, the mother then went back inside the house and reloaded her gun. When she returned, a witness said Christy Sheats shot Taylor Sheats again. 
 
 When a Fort Bend County deputy and Fulshear Police Department officer arrived at the home around 5 p.m., investigators said Christy Sheats was still holding a gun. Her daughters were lying in the street nearby. 
 
 “The cops were behind the trees and behind the cars, and they told the mom to put the gun down and, obviously, she did not,” Zainuddin said. 
 
 With one shot, the Fulshear police officer killed Christy Sheats, Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls said. 
 
 Whether the purpose of the family meeting had been to discuss the wedding isn't clear yet, but it appears Christy Sheats had issues. 
 
 Christy Sheats' former employer, John Hollis, who owns a tattoo removal business in west Houston, characterized her as a sometimes troubled person and an erratic employee. 
 
 "She had that very sweet, southern, Alabama look and sound with that accent, but whenever they (customers) weren't here, it wasn't always like that. She was different," Hollis said. 
 
 Hollis said that he had tried to contact Sheats by phone to remove erroneous information she posted to her "LinkedIn" account regarding her role with the company and her time at the company. 
 
 Hollis eventually fired her, he said Monday. 
 
 "I think she was a lady who was going through a very difficult and traumatic time with whatever was going on at home," Hollis said. 
 
 According to the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office, deputies have responded to 14 calls for service at the home since January 2012. Investigators said some were alarm issues but, due to legal constraints, the office cannot release details regarding the calls at this time. 
 
 “This is sad, knowing a good family and this is what happened,” Zainuddin said. 
 
 Investigators said one daughter died at the scene and the other was flown to a hospital, where she later passed away. Their father wasn’t injured but was still taken to the hospital. 
 
 “He was going through a very difficult time,” Nehls said. 
 
 Neighbors said the parents may have been having marital problems. 
 
 According to Facebook, Taylor Sheats attended Lone Star College and loved to draw. 
 
 Madison Sheats was a student at Seven Lakes High School. She once wrote on her Facebook wall, “Moms and dads are a promise from God that you will have a friend forever.” 
 
 Investigators and neighbors are still trying to piece together what started this tragic incident. 
 
 “The mother was nice. You wouldn't expect it if they told you this is what was going to happen,” one neighbor said. “I don't think anybody, at least a sane person, would do that.” 
 
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 Police: Family argument caused mother to shoot, kill daughters 
 
 Taylor Sheats, 22, was shot to death by her mother in Katy, Texas on Friday, June 25, 2016. (Source: Facebook) Taylor Sheats, 22, was shot to death by her mother in Katy, Texas on Friday, June 25, 2016. (Source: Facebook) Photo: Facebook 
 
 Taylor Sheats, 22, was shot to death by her mother in Katy, Texas on Friday, June 25, 2016. (Source: Facebook) Taylor Sheats, 22, was shot to death by her mother in Katy, Texas on Friday, June 25, 2016. (Source: Facebook) Photo: Facebook 
 
 Madison Sheats, 17, was shot to death by her mother in Katy, Texas on Friday, June 25, 2016. (Source: Facebook) Madison Sheats, 17, was shot to death by her mother in Katy, Texas on Friday, June 25, 2016. (Source: Facebook) Photo: Facebook 
 
 Christy Sheats, 42, shot her daughters to death in Katy, Texas on Friday, June 25, 2016, according to police. (Source: Facebook) Christy Sheats, 42, shot her daughters to death in Katy, Texas on Friday, June 25, 2016, according to police. (Source: Facebook) Photo: Facebook 
 
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 Neighbors gather to watch as Fort Bend County Sheriffs department investigates a shooting at Blanchard Grove and Remson Hollow, Friday, June 24, 2016, in Katy. Neighbors gather to watch as Fort Bend County Sheriffs department investigates a shooting at Blanchard Grove and Remson Hollow, Friday, June 24, 2016, in Katy. Photo: Karen Warren, Houston Chronicle 
 
 Fort Bend County Sheriffs department crime scene members bag a gun for evidence in a shooting at Blanchard Grove and Remson Hollow, Friday, June 24, 2016, in Katy. Fort Bend County Sheriffs department crime scene members bag a gun for evidence in a shooting at Blanchard Grove and Remson Hollow, Friday, June 24, 2016, in Katy. Photo: Karen Warren, Houston Chronicle 
 
 Fort Bend County Sheriffs department crime scene members bag a gun for evidence in a shooting at Blanchard Grove and Remson Hollow, Friday, June 24, 2016, in Katy. Fort Bend County Sheriffs department crime scene members bag a gun for evidence in a shooting at Blanchard Grove and Remson Hollow, Friday, June 24, 2016, in Katy. Photo: Karen Warren, Houston Chronicle 
 
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 Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office crime scene members bag a gun for evidence in a shooting at Blanchard Grove and Remson Hollow, Friday, June 24, 2016, in Katy. Christy Sheats, 42, allegedly shot and killed her two daughters, Madison Sheats, 17, and Taylor Sheats, 22, while her husband, Jason Sheats, 45, escaped. Christy Sheats was shot and killed by officers. less Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office crime scene members bag a gun for evidence in a shooting at Blanchard Grove and Remson Hollow, Friday, June 24, 2016, in Katy. Christy Sheats, 42, allegedly shot and killed her ... more Photo: Mike Glenn / Houston Chronicle 
 
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 A Fort Bend County woman shot her two adult daughters Friday - killing one of them at the scene - before she was fatally shot by a responding police officer. 
 
 On Saturday, the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office identified the mother as Christy Sheats, 42, and her daughters as Taylor Sheats, 22, and Madison Sheats, 17. 
 
 Later, Fulshear police Facebook page reported one daughter was taken by Lifeflight to the Texas Medical Center and also died. It was unclear Saturday afternoon, which of the victims died at the scene and which was airlifted to the hospital. 
 
 The incident happened about 5 p.m. along the 6000 block of Remson Hollow in an unincorporated section near Fulshear. 
 
 When officers arrived to investigate a 911 call of "shots fired," they found two women lying on the street in front of a home in a comfortable, middle class subdivision. 
 
 A Fulshear police officer shot and killed a third woman at the scene who was holding a pistol. Authorities said it was the mother of the two women on the ground. 
 
 One of the daughters of the suspected assailant was taken by LifeFlight to the Texas Medical Center where she was in critical condition, said Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls. The Fulshear Police confirmed that the second daughter later died, according to their Facebook page. 
 
 The motive for the shooting remains under investigation. 
 
 "It was a family argument that turned into a shooting," Nehls said. "But we're still trying to put the pieces together." 
 
 As crowds of concerned neighbors began approaching, police quickly blocked off the street where the bodies were found. 
 
 Austin Enke said he knew the women slightly and had a couple of classes with at least one of them when they attended Seven Lakes High School. 
 
 "They were always cheerful and never depressed. You never heard anything bad about them," Enke said. 
 
 Nehls said he did not know if the shooting actually happened inside the family's home or on the street where the bodies were found. 
 
 Sheriff's records show that deputies had been sent to the family home in the past on more than one occasion. "But as to why we were called here, I don't know," Nehls said. 
 
 Nehls added he did know if the mother pointed her weapon at the officer or whether she was still pointing it at her daughters when the officer arrived. 
 
 The sheriff said the father was at home when the shooting occurred. He was not injured but was distraught and taken to be checked out at a local hospital. 
 
 "He's going through a very difficult time," Nehls said. 
 
 Although the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office is leading the investigation, other agencies such as the Fulshear police and the Texas Rangers are involved, Nehls said. 
 
 A Fort Bend County justice of the peace will likely call for an autopsy. If so, the bodies will be taken to Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences or the Galveston County Medical Examiners Office, Nehls said. 

 (CNN) A woman in Texas gunned down her two daughters -- killing both of them -- before a responding police officer killed the mother, authorities said. 
 
 Christy Sheats, 42, fatally shot daughters Taylor, 22, and Madison, 17, on Friday in Fulshear, west of Houston, according to the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office. 
 
 After someone called 911, a Fulshear police officer shot the mother when she refused to put down her weapon, the sheriff's office said. 
 
 The daughters were found on the street with gunshot wounds. The older daughter died at the scene; the younger one at a hospital. 
 
 Deputies had previously told CNN that the older daughter was 19 but later corrected the age to 22. 
 
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– A Texas mother shot and killed her two daughters Friday afternoon in a “comfortable, middle-class subdivision" near Katy, the Houston Chronicle reports. According to CNN, she was then shot and killed by a police officer after refusing to drop the gun. KPRC identifies the women as 42-year-old Christy Sheats, 22-year-old Taylor Sheats, and 17-year-old Madison Sheats. Police were called to the neighbor for reports of gunshots around 5pm and found the two daughters lying in the street. One was pronounced dead at the scene; the other died at the hospital. "It was a family argument that turned into a shooting," the Chronicle quotes Sheriff Troy Nehls as saying. "But we're still trying to put the pieces together." The father and husband was home at the time of the shooting and was distraught, though uninjured. He was taken to the hospital as a precaution. "He's going through a very difficult time," the Chronicle quotes Nehls as saying. An acquaintance of the family says "they were always cheerful." "Those parents are good. They are hard-working," a neighbor tells KTRK. “I do not know how this happened.” However, other neighbors say there may have been marital problems. And deputies had been called to the home in the past, though it's unclear why.