Woman who shot sons released from mental health facility

LANCASTER - A woman who shot her two sons and herself in the head in Montfort had been released a day earlier from a state mental health facility.

Grant County Sheriff Nate Dreckman says the deaths of 27-year-old Morgan Slaight and her 8-year-old son, Jaxon, were ruled a murder-suicide. Dreckman says her 6-year-old son Joseph remains in critical condition but is showing signs of improvement.

Slaight had been released Jan. 1 from a state mental health facility. She was taken there for an emergency commitment Dec. 22 after making suicidal threats.

Full story: WJFW

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