Vivian Savella, 4, was shot and killed by her mother on Sept. 29, police said
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- A 4-year-old girl was found dead of a gunshot wound on Tuesday, Sept. 29, in Houston, Texas, police said
- The girl’s mother sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound and died of her injuries the next day, police said
- Earlier that day, the court granted the girl’s father temporary custody, allowing the mother to see her only in supervised visits, the father’s family said
Just hours after a custody hearing, a 4-year-old Texas girl was allegedly shot and killed by her mother, who then suffered an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound and later died, police said.
On Tuesday, Sept. 29, at about 5:45 p.m., Houston police responded to a report of a shooting at a townhome inside a gated community in the 300 block of Terra Reserve Place, Houston Police Lieutenant Larry Crowson told reporters at a press conference.
When officers arrived, they found the girl, later identified as Vivian Savella, dead with at least one gunshot wound, Crowson said…