Los Angeles, California, mother La' Tonya Dixon shot her two sons on October 17, 2009. Her five-year-old son Christian was killed, which the one-year-old son was in critical condition of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mother18-2009oct18,0,6949060.story
Dixon reportedly called 911 after the incident, telling the dispatcher that she had shot her two boys. Police arrived to find her on the balcony of her apartment waving a handgun. She was eventually arrested.http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mother18-2009oct18,0,6949060.story
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Age
25 (October 2009)
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Resides
Los Angeles, California
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Shot her two sons on October 17, 2009
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Called 911 to report the shooting
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Five-year-old son Christian died, one-year-old son was listed in critical condition
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Police found her on her apartment balcony waving a handgun
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Asked police to shoot her, saying "I've wasted my life!"
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Eventally dropped the gun and was arrested
