Mother Fatally Shoots Daughter, Then Herself at Las Vegas Hotel in ‘Heartbreaking Event’

Police said on Sunday, Feb. 15, they found the bodies of a mother and daughter in a hotel room following a request for a welfare check

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  • Las Vegas Metropolitan Police said on Sunday, Feb. 15, they found the bodies of a mother and daughter in a hotel room
  • “Based on the preliminary evidence at the scene, detectives were able to determine the mother shot her daughter before shooting herself,” according to a police press release
  • Both were pronounced dead at the scene

A mother fatally shot her daughter before turning the gun on herself in a Las Vegas hotel room over the weekend, according to authorities.

Tawnia McGeehan and her 11-year-old daughter Addilyn Smith, of Utah, were reported missing after they didn’t show up for a cheer competition, ABC 4 reported.

The pair were found dead in their hotel room at the Rio Hotel & Casino on Sunday, Feb. 15 on West Flamingo Road, according to a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department press release, which did not identify the deceased…

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