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Mom shoots children and kills self after being denied food stamps

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Mom shoots children and kills self after being denied food stamps

In a final and violent act of desperation, a 38-year-old mother in Texas bombarded herself in a welfare office on Tuesday after being denied food stamps. She took her own life and shot her two children before the stand-off ceased.

Rachelle Grimmer had recently moved her family to the Lonestar State and attempted to receive federal assistance this summer by applying for food stamps back in July, only to be denied. A spokesperson for the Health and Human Services Commission confirmed to the Daily Mail that Grimmer’s filing was incomplete and left her ineligible for aid.

Grimmer has been apparently continuing to appeal the decision up until Tuesday, when she had enough and brought her two children into the social service office in Laredo, Texas. At 5 p.m. she insisted on speaking with a supervisor before resorting to unleashing a handgun..... MORE

SourceRT.com

URL: http://rt.com/usa/news/food-stamp-texas-children-grimmer-291/

1 comment

Jesusa Bernardo said...

nakakalungkot naman ito...samantalang ang daling mag.desisyon i.bailout ang mga malalaking kumpanya na halagang bilyon pa pero ang hirap makakuha ng food stamps sa kalbong agila ngayon.

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