A Wyoming mother called 911 Monday afternoon to report shooting her four daughters moments before taking her own life, police in Big Horn County said.
Tranyelle Harshman, 32, told dispatchers that she had shot her two 2-year-olds and their two half-sisters, aged 7 and 9 years old, and was planning to do the same with herself.
“When dispatchers asked the status of the gunshot victims the female stated that she believed them to be deceased,” the sheriff’s office said.
The mother told dispatchers that “two children would be located upstairs in their cribs and two children would be located downstairs in their shared bedroom.”
“The caller further stated she could be found in her upstairs bedroom.”
“The dispatcher pleaded with the female caller over the phone for the female caller to remain on the line until responding units arrived,”
“The female caller stated multiple times that she could not do that and that it was too late.”
The 7-year-old girl was the sole survivor of the massacre. Her father’s family said she sustained severe brain injuries and is “fighting hard for her life.”
