two young children inside her home in Shepherdsville Wednesday morning, according to authorities. In a statement, the Bullitt County Sheriff’s Office says just after 11:00 a.m., deputies responded to a home for reports of a shooting.
Upon arrival, police say they located two children, ages six and nine, with gunshot wounds. The children were transported to a local hospital in critical condition, but officials say they succumbed to their injuries.
The boys, ages 6 and 9, both died at the hospital. Police were called around 11 a.m. Wednesday morning to Bentwood Drive in Shepherdsville.”We did all we could,” said Col. Alex Payne, chief deputy with the Bullitt County Sheriff’s Office.
But they couldn’t be saved. “There were two victims in the bedroom. They were covered in blood and a gun on the bed,” Payne said. The brothers were transported to Norton Children’s Hospital in Louisville but died from their injuries.
Their mom is being held at the Bullitt County Detention Center, charged with two counts of murder. Court records show Lucas previously spent a month in jail for a drug possession conviction.
“Whether you think it’s mental illness, just pure evil, a combination of both, it could be substance abuse, any combination thereof. Pick your poison. None of it’s good. The result is horrific,” Payne said.
Police say a neighbor went into the home and made the grisly discovery after finding the mother outside. Payne told reporters the young victims were half-brothers.
“The father of one of the victims is deceased. The father of the other victim is unknown. Whereabouts are unknown. Other family members, we got hold of and made notification,” Payne said.
