A Nevada teenager shot and killed her father and little brother because she “couldn't resist the urge to kill someone,” police said.
Mashenka Reid, 17, is accused of shooting her father in the chest and back before pointing the gun at her little brother's head as he played on his tablet. The father was named by relatives online as Justin Reid.
The teenager's terrified sister, just two years old, was found unharmed by police in a locked bedroom. Reid later told police that she planned to “stab or shoot” her with a knife but was not allowed into the room, according to court documents obtained by the Reno Gazette-Journal.
Police were called to the family's Reno home around 4 p.m. on Feb. 9 after receiving a 911 call from Reid and another neighbor who heard gunshots.
During the frightening call, Reid admitted to 911 dispatchers that she was rioting because she “couldn't resist the urge to kill someone,” the police report says.
Mashenka Ann Marie Reid, 17, is accused of shooting her father and little brother before telling officers she couldn't resist the urge to kill someone.
“I shot my dad,” the teen told a dispatcher during the call. “I shot my brother. “My brother is dead.”
When officers arrived, they found a “four- or five-year-old male juvenile lying on a couch in the living room” with a gunshot wound to the head, according to court documents.
Reid's father was discovered in the garage with wounds to his chest and back. A handgun was located where the teen allegedly told emergency dispatchers she dropped it.
Emergency responders arrived at the scene shortly after police and pronounced both victims dead. The Washoe County coroner has not released any of their identities as of Wednesday.
Reid's sister was found after an officer pushed open a door in the back.
She told police that there was a knife on the family's washer and dryer that she would use to “kill,” the report said.
When asked what triggered her, Reid said she was upset that her mother ran away. She told officers she hadn't spoken to them since Dec. 15.
The report also said Reid told police that she was often asked to watch her siblings while her father was at work and that her brother had autism.
Police found Reid's father dead in a garage, while her brother, described as “four or five years old,” was found dead on the sofa with gunshot wounds to the head
The teen's two-year-old sister was found unharmed in a locked bedroom after police kicked in the door. Reid later told police she planned to “shoot or stab” the child.
“I asked her how she felt being at home with the children from Monday to Friday for the whole week before the incident, and Mashenka replied that she was getting angrier and angrier from listening to (her brother) screaming,” says the report.
Reid told police she watched YouTube videos that made her think about torturing people.
According to the report, on the day of the shooting, Reid asked her father to go to the store to buy pizza-making items to “buy time” so she could prepare to use the Walther PPS gun.
She said her father showed her how to use the gun a few years ago.
As he left, she looked up how to disable the backup and load it. When he returned, she shot her father “two arm's lengths” from the door as he entered the garage, police said.
She then went into the room with a tablet where her brother was lying on the couch and shot him twice in the head, according to court documents.
The teenager allegedly told police she thought about stabbing herself but decided it was too merciful and that she deserved worse.
Reid is charged as an adult with two counts of open battery with a deadly weapon and one count of attempted murder with a deadly weapon.
She is currently being held in the county jail with a bail hearing scheduled for Thursday.
A woman who claimed to be a relative of the victim posted a tribute to the father and son on her Facebook page a few days after the tragedy.
Kimberly Reid said, “Pray for comfort for my father's family, we lost my cousin and his son to a double murder.”
“The details are very delicate and not everything is clear yet. 'Rest, Cuzzy and Lil Man.'