One of the children killed.Photo: Morgan Funeral Home
A West Virginia mom died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after shooting her three kids and two step-kids and setting the family’s house on fire in December, authorities revealed Friday.
The Greenbrier County Sheriff held apress conferenceThursday to share details of the incident after an investigation was concluded.
Oreanna Myers, 25, was the biological mother of Kian Myers, 4; Aarikyle Nova Myers, 3; and Haiken Jirachi Myers, 1. She was step-mom to Shaun Dawson Bumgarner, 7 and Riley James Bumgarner, 6, and married to Brian Bumgarner.
Brian had been staying at his father’s house during the work week to be closer to his job after the family car was rendered unusable from a previous accident.
Sheriff Bruce Sloan said during the press conference that the tragic incident took place on Tuesday, Dec. 8, while Brian was away.
One of the children killed.Morgan Funeral Home
Oreanna shot the kids after picking up Shaun and Kian from the school bus that afternoon, Sloan said. About an hour after she had picked the boys up, a neighbor called in a 911 call to report that the house was on fire.
Haiken Myers.Morgan Funeral Home
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Sloan said that there was no history indicating Oreanna had ever previously mistreated the kids and that Child Protective Services had never been called to the family’s house. Oreanna left a note and will for Brian duct-taped to the inside of the family car.
Aftermath of the fire.
“Shaun was a second-grade student at Frankford Elementary. He loved playing t-ball and climbing trees. He was interested in space and wanted to be an astronaut,” the obituary said. “Riley was in kindergarten at Frankford Elementary. He loved all sports, especially football. He was extremely interested in music and was learning to play the piano and the ukulele.”
A memorial service was held on Dec. 17.
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source: people.com
